The Clare Estate Umgeni Hindu Crematorium usually conducted an average of eight cremations a day pre-Covid-19. That number has increased to 27 cremations per day – over half of which are Covid-19 related deaths.
By the team the search and rescue team arrived at Skeleton Gorge, other people had been administering CPR on the mountain hiker for an hour.
Police in Mpumalanga have sent out a warning to the public after siblings, both in their 30s, drowned in a swimming pool.
South Africa’s first hand experience with the legendary Diego Maradona. From luxury toilet seat demands to teary excursions to GaRankuwa.
The NPA has listed multiple horrific injuries that were inflicted on the eight-month-old baby boy – allegedly by his own parents.
Kimi Makwetu was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in June 2018. He passed away in hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
Mluleki Ndobe allegedly shot himself in his Durban home on Friday evening. He had also been battling cancer for some time.
The African National Congress (ANC) in KZN confirmed the death of Mluleki Ndobe, saying he had been in and out of hospital, battling cancer.
National Wills Week is said to be an established highlight among the law society’s social outreach and access to justice initiatives.
SA Rugby is investigating the ‘tragic’ death of a player after he picked up an injury during a tournament that was never meant to take place.
Former ANC Provincial Secretary Songezo Mjongile passed on peacefully on Thursday evening at his family home in Morningside, Johannesburg.
A total of nine people, including very young children, have died after a ferocious fire that broke out at a holiday lodge in the Kalahari.
Struggle hero John Nkadimeng sadly passed away on Thursday 6 August at the age of 93.
AmaRharhabe Queen Noloyiso Sandile, 56, passed away on Wednesday 8 July after a short illness.
African National Congress (ANC) KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) spokesperson Ricardo Mthembu has succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday 8 July.
A boy, 12, from the Kokosi Primary school in Gauteng has died after falling ill on Thursday 11 June. A parent was with him when he died.
The two female teachers from the Thuto Lesedi Secondary School in Gauteng lost their lives on Tuesday 9 June.
The Gauteng Health Department also said there’s been an upsurge in trauma units since sale of alcohol was permitted under lockdown Level 3.
Police said ten men were admitted to the False Bay Hospital. Six of them died after allegedly consuming homemade beer.
The woman was found dead, while the man was found writhing in pain. This allegedly after they consumed poisonous homemade beer.
A video of staff at Bayside Checkers mourning the loss of a colleague who died from COVID-19 is a reality check if ever there was one.
The ICRC said a lack of preparation could result in little understanding of who died from COVID-19 and where the body was taken.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa surpassed 2 000 with 24 deaths on Friday.
Morbidly, Mkhize’s announcement follows President Ramaphosa’s ‘Good Friday’ message.
Internationally acclaimed scientist and HIV researcher professor Gita Ramjee passed away in Durban on Tuesday due to complications related to COVID-19.