3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (127+ words) A man in his fifties was rushed to hospital on Monday after being attacked by a shark in Western Australia, the state government and local ambulance service said. Authorities said they had received a report of a “shark incident” around…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (501+ words) A shortage of operational ambulances in Ugu District has left communities with access to emergency medical services far below the recommended ratio, with just one ambulance effectively serving about 40 000 people. The KwaZulu-Natal Health portfolio committee raised concerns about the state…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (417+ words) A suspected dairy-related discharge entered the Howick Wastewater Treatment Works, prompting an investigation into the source of an unusual whitish effluent detected at the plant recently. uMgungundlovu District Municipality said the whitish substance was first observed entering the treatment works…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (435+ words) A group of local women are working to make a difference in the lives of school-going girls by raising funds to provide reusable menstrual cups and menstrual health education to those who need them most. Former Pietermaritzburg resident and UKZN…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (789+ words) Residents of a semi rural area on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg say a long-standing water crisis has left them with no choice but to collect water from a dirty stream shared with animals. For more than five years, residents of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (433+ words) Renowned animal rights activist and Monkey Helpline founder Steve Smit, affectionately known as the “Monkey Man”, has died at the age of 70 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. For more than three decades, he dedicated his life to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (241+ words) The Department of Agriculture is urging South Africans to stand “Stronger Together” in the fight against rabies, as the country prepares to mark World Rabies Day on September 28. South Africa has recorded 15 human rabies deaths since January 1, 2026, according to figures…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (355+ words) Spain registered more than 5,000 heat-related deaths from June to August, data from a public health institute showed on Tuesday, a record since the start of its statistics in 2015. A string of exceptional summer heatwaves has been linked with thousands of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1034+ words) South Africa’s sardines are dying by the thousands, with a suspected killer virus spreading concern along the coast and fears mounting that the latest mass deaths could be the first wave of a far bigger marine crisis. The latest mass…...