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  As South Africa concludes Mental Health Awareness Month, dietician Omy Naidoo says diet can play a huge role on mental health and is advising people to consider a plant-based, healthy diet. Naidoo says the relationship between a healthy diet and mental well-being is very important. "The food we consume not only shapes our physical health, but also profoundly influences our mental and emotional states. There's definitely a big link […]

A state witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has denied that police were heavily armed when two of the five men accused of involved in the footballer’s killing gave their alleged confessions. This as metro cop, Wendell Jonathan, returned to the witness stand yesterday. The high court in Pretoria is trying to determine the admissibility of accused number one, Muzi Sibiya and two, Bongani Ntanzi’s alleged confession statements, which […]

  The 2023 Rugby World Cup winning Springbok squad are due to arrive back in South Africa from France today at the OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni. The team will then embark on a trophy tour 48 hours later, which will start in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Soweto on Thursday. On Friday, the team will be in Cape Town, while Durban will have its turn on Saturday before the tour […]

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has encouraged learners from the matric class of 2023 to fight just as hard as the Springboks did in order to get the desired results. The Minister's message comes just days after the Boks made history by becoming the first men's side to lift the Webb Ellis Cup four times and the second nation to have back-to-back victories at the World Cup. More than 800 […]

"It's a beautiful day indeed," are the words of Bonolo Seleke, who blew the whistle on bogus doctor, Matthew Lani in 2021. Seleke, who was a patient tracer at the time, lifted the lid on Lani's alleged suspicious practice, parading as a medical doctor at Christiana Hospital in the North West. She then quit her job after the Department of Health refused to deal with the matter. In a post […]

More incidents of suspected food poisoning have come up in the country, this time in the Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape Department of Health has reported that the number of learners that have been hospitalised has now increased to 143. A further 23 learners from a third school in Mlungisi township in Komani were rushed to Frontier Hospital on Friday morning. The department says the learners suffered from abdominal pain, […]

A new basic education bill has sparked an outcry among some quarters in the country. The Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill was given the thumbs up in the National Assembly on Thursday. The controversial bill, which has opposition parties hopping mad, will see School Governing Bodies (SGB) stripped of the power to determine language and admission policies in schools. Amongst some of the concerns raised by the political parties […]

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has urged striking Gold One mineworkers not to give their employers a reason to fire them and return to their jobs. Union president, Joseph Mathunjwa, was addressing the frustrated workers who earlier this week staged a three-day sit-in at the mine, bringing operations to a halt. At the centre of the demonstrations are calls for labour federation, AMCU, to be recognised as […]

  As learners gear up for their final examinations for the year, Community Health and Wellbeing Lead at Anglo American, Dr Alex Plowright, says this is a crucial time for child and adolescent mental health. The 2023 National Senior Certificate examinations are set to commence on Monday, with thousands of Grade 12 learners sitting down for the all-important matric exams. Plowright says mental health can negatively impact young people's mindset […]

The Gauteng Department of Education has announced that it will appoint an independent law firm, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Sibusiso Mbatha (12). It is reported that Mbatha took his own life on Monday due to alleged bullying by his teacher at Khehlekile Primary School in Thokoza. Mbatha was found hanging in his home's bathroom. His family says the 12-year-old did express unhappiness regarding the alleged homophobic […]