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Gauteng has recorded 11,164 Covid-19 cases as of Sunday, with 81 deaths.                                               Image: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP

419 people hospitalised with Covid-19 in Gauteng, death toll nears 50

The total number of people who have died as a result of Covid-19 in Gauteng is 47, while 5,626 are infected, the health department said on Sunday. Department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said 419 people had been hospitalised by Saturday.…

On Tuesday, South Africa opened Africa’s first wellness centre directed exclusively towards the LGBT+ community.Image: ISTOCK

South Africa opens continent’s first Queer Wellness Centre

LGBT+ South Africans said the continent’s first Queer Wellness Centre, which opened on Tuesday, would spare gay and trans people the shame, rejection and confusion that they often face when seeking medical care. The founders of the centre…

A veteran public health care observer has voiced concerns that the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital is being under-utilised and should take in private patients to subsidise public patients.Image: MDU NDZINGI

Top children’s hospital under-utilised, paediatric nurses in short supply

Three years after the official opening of the 200-bed Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg, concern has been raised that the facility is not operating at capacity. Jack Bloom, a veteran public health care observer…

Prices for tourists visiting Johannesburg have reportedly risen by around 20% over the past year. Stock image.Image: 123rf.com/Felix Lipov

Joburg overtakes Cape Town on list of world’s priciest holiday cities

Mzansi among top 10 countries for cheapest fast food, cocktails and wine Johannesburg has accelerated past Cape Town in a global ranking of 100 of the most expensive holiday destinations in the world for 2020. Johannesburg prices were…

FLAUNT IT: Rakhir Bharat is thrilled to have been called back by international talent scoutsto attend the 2020 International Model & Talent Association convention Picture: SUPPLIED

Set for New York stage

18-year-old Rakhir to attend IMTA convention Aspiring actor and model Rakhir Bharat,18, has been called back by international talent scouts such as Joey Hunter, Rhavynn Drummer and Joey Zangardi to attend the 2020 International Model &…

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Sabric assures that denial-of-service attacks on banks are not hacking

Sabric says defensive strategies have been invoked across the industry and it is confident the effects on customers will be minimal The SA Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) confirmed on Friday that the banking industry has been hit…

There are about 90,000 people active in the hair and beauty sector, a R300bn industry.                              Image: IAVAN PIJOOS

‘I didn’t even make R1 today’: Joburg’s small businesses hit hard by load-shedding

It was short notice. There was no way to prepare for it and that’s what makes it frustrating. This is what several Johannesburg business owners and residents had to say about Eskom’s implementation of enforced power cuts nationwide, which…

COOKING UP A STORM: Self-taught cook Anam Xinwa is raising funds to attend Beer and Braai Festival in Botswanaush cooking skillsPicture:SUPPLIED

Dreams to be a cook to contend with

Mdantsane resident local and self-taught cook Anam Xinwa has become been a hot contender in making waves in local cooking competitions. since he started competing in 2011. “I fell in love with cooking at the age of 10, but never took it…

City Power will assess the situation on Monday.Image: The Times/Alon Skuy

‘Unsafe to work’: Johannesburg’s City Power pulls teams out of flash points

City Power withdrew its operators and technicians overnight from Johannesburg areas plagued by xenophobic attacks, for safety reasons. The entity said on Sunday night it had been informed of new attacks on businesses and foreigners’ homes…

Memorial service held for Gavin Watson in Roodepoort

A memorial service for controversial former Bosasa boss Gavin Watson is being held in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, on Friday. The funeral will be held in his former home city of Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, September 3. Watson died on…

Thula Ndema and Thato Masondo in front of a sign advertising their thriving sorbet business, Sobae Frozen. Image: Alaister Russell

Recycling never tasted so good: Jozi couple turns wasted fruit into sorbet

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or better, lemon and ginger sorbet. The smell of rotting fruit and vegetables left by hawkers in the Johannesburg CBD first caught the attention of Thula Ndema, 28, and Thato Masondo, 27, as they…

A man taken into police custody for allegedly wiping the contents of slain soccer star Marc Batchelor’s cellphone has been released. Image: Duif du Toit / Gallo Images

Investigation ‘continuing’ after man arrested with Marc Batchelor’s phone is released

The Johannesburg private investigator who was arrested for being in possession of murdered former soccer star Marc Batchelor’s cellphone has been released. Police charged the man – who cannot be named as he did not appear in court – for…

Mango Airlines is the third airline to operate between Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, bringing welcome competition. File photo.Image: wikimedia commons

Mango to operate cheaper flights between PE and Lanseria

Mango Airlines will operate two flights a day between Nelson Mandela Bay’s Port Elizabeth Airport and Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg from July 11. The aircraft will be a Boeing 737-800 series. Marelize Labuschagne, acting…

A man is in custody after allegedly assaulting the mother of his child. Image: 123rf/ Keisuke Kai

Woman ‘battered’ for watching cartoons with her child

A Johannesburg man is in police custody for allegedly throttling the mother of his child and beating her with his fists. Captain Xoli Mbele said police arrested the 26-year-old man for domestic violence at York House, on the corner of…

Grade 11 pupil Nicole Mnguni took her own life to end what she claimed was months of humiliation by her maths teacher.Image: KABELO MOKOENA

‘Cruel teacher killed my girl’: mom’s anguish over daughter’s ‘suicide’

A Soweto teenager who took her own life after she was allegedly bullied by her teacher wrote a heartbreaking letter months before her suicide. Nicole Mnguni, 18, was found dead by her mother at their home on Tuesday after the grade 11…