Healthy, thin - and relieved to be home

Bruce Venter|Published

"We have waited for more than a year for this moment, after so many false promises. Now, finally it's all over and we have seen it through. " These were the emotional ...

Nurses' pyjama protest is fizzling out

Bruce Venter|Published

Nurses reporting for duty in civilian clothing at Tshwane's public hospitals are returning to wearing their uniforms as the "pyjama protest" winds down.

Pretoria is hot... and here's the proof

Bruce Venter|Published

Twenty contestants sat down to devour as many as they could - and with R3 000 in prize money up for grabs, the competition soon became red-hot. . .

Pretoria folk try their hand at bull-riding

Bruce Venter|Published

Rayton turned into a scene from the Wild West as aspiring cowboys donned their boots and stetsons to try their hand at bull riding during an American-style rodeo. ...

Struggle heroes honoured

Bruce Venter|Published

Former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and former transport minister Dullah Omar have been posthumously honoured for the contributions they made to democracy ...

'Everything is possible with determination'

Bruce Venter|Published

Sabina Khoza of Zuurbekom used her husband's pension money to buy a vacant stretch of scrubland and produce maize and vegteables, not only to feed her family but ...

'Failed' doctors to stop practising - HPCSA

Bruce Venter|Published

Ten foreign doctors have been struck from the register after failing their statutory South African examinations, says the Health Professions Council of South Africa. ...

Overworked nurses are 'making petty mistakes'

Bruce Venter|Published

Nurses in the public service are increasingly at risk of being hauled before tribunals for minor charges - usually committed as a result of understaffing and general ...

'Prison attackers' were due out soon

Bruce Venter|Published

The two inmates who allegedly stabbed and raped two female nurses at a prison in the Northern Cape were not considered a threat and were due to be released soon. ...

State teachers rewarded for professionalism

Bruce Venter|Published

Teachers employed in the public service sector can look forward to an additional three-percent salary increase over and above their annual pay hike this year, according ...

Tides changing for old fishing kraals

Bruce Venter|Published

Maputaland has hosted fish kraals for over 400 years, but this tradition is slowly being lost as it passes from one generation to another.

Four doctors struck from the register

Bruce Venter|Published

The Health Professions Council of South Africa has struck four doctors from the register of practitioners as a result of professional misconduct.

Media barred at surgeon's hearing

Bruce Venter|Published

A Health Professions Council of South Africa hearing into the alleged professional misconduct of a Pretoria plastic surgeon has ruled that proceedings should be ...

More state doctors turn to moonlighting

Bruce Venter|Published

The Health Professions Council has warned state doctors neglecting their jobs to perform private work undermines the patient's right to medical treatment.

Your doctors' bills are set to soar

Bruce Venter|Published

The next time you're ill you will have dig deeper into pockets for consulting a doctor because they're being made to pay more for medical insurance.

Too full indoors, so pupils head outdoors

Bruce Venter|Published

Some pupils at Pretoria Secondary School in Sunnyside have been forced to visit the zoo and the museum because all the children cannot attend classes at the same ...

Patient wrong-footed by surgeon - twice

Bruce Venter|Published

A surgeon's mistake has ended a police officer's career after a "simple" ankle operation went horribly wrong at a private hospital.

Annual abortion rates decreasing - MRC

Bruce Venter|Published

The Medical Research Council has found that more than 45 000 legal abortions have been performed annually since the introduction of the Choice on Termination of ...

Mom of hanged boy will be at funeral

Bruce Venter|Published

Maria Mabuza, who is serving a 10-month sentence for shoplifting in Pretoria Central Prison, has been granted a temporary release to attend her son's funeral.

Angolan plane downed by SA debt

Bruce Venter|Published

A commercial airliner belonging to the Angolan government has been seized at Johannesburg International Airport by the Kempton Park sheriff.

'He can't play for Sundowns anymore, can he?'

Bruce Venter|Published

Growing up with friends in the heartland of Mamelodi Sundowns, Dida Alfred Mabuza, had ambitions of emulating the feats of his hero - former Sundowns striker Daniel ...

Mother unaware of boy's death by hanging

Bruce Venter|Published

The mother of eight-year-old Dida Alfred Mabuza, who was found hanged, has still not been notified of her son's death as she is serving a 10-month prison sentence ...

Experts up in arms over SANDF weapons records

Bruce Venter|Published

Defence expert Helmoed-Römer Heitman says the raid on the South Africa National Museum of Military History shows the military has no idea how to manage its weapons ...

Metro cops 'demand' R5 000 from motorist

Bruce Venter|Published

A Pretoria quantity surveyor claims he was told to "kiss your driver's licence goodbye" by two Johannesburg metro police officers after he failed to use his indicator ...

Residents evacuated after sinkhole opens

Bruce Venter|Published

Residents in three Centurion townhouses had to be evacuated after a large sinkhole damaged their properties.