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The Board of Healthcare Providers says new health tariffs will help to stabilise medical costs and provide certainty to medical schemes and patients. Board MD, Humphrey Zokufa, says nowhere else in the world is there a situation where healthcare

 President Jacob Zuma will not deploy soldiers to areas affected by gang violence in the Western Cape. The presidency said on Wednesday that Zuma had opted for more intensive action by the police and long-term interventions by social and

Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, has condemned the violent protests that have been taking place in Dordrecht in the North-Eastern Cape. His visit to the town on Wednesday comes in the wake of several days of protests by local

The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay has rejected a media report that mayor Zanoxolo Wayile had been held hostage at the regional headquarters and given an ultimatum to resign. The Herald published a photograph of police using bolt cutters to prise open

Opposition parties came out in support of the National Development Plan (NDP) on Wednesday, but voiced doubts over the government's will to put it into practice. The party leaders spoke in the National Assembly shortly after Planning Minister

The SA Municipal Workers has lashed at the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay, accusing it of hold the municipality to ransom. In a strongly worded statement today, Samwu said recent aborted council meetings were a deliberate move by the ANC regional

The National Planning Commission says the successful implementation of the National Health Insurance could take up to 25 years. Building an NHI system is among the objectives contained in the revised National Development Plan. The revised 20

Springbok centre Frans Steyn will on Saturday play in his 50th Test for South Africa when they take on Argentina in the opening round of The Castle Rugby Championship at DHL Newlands in Cape Town. The 25-year-old Steyn, who made his Test debut

Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle on Wednesday withdrew from the Springbok squad because of a knee injury. DHL Stormers hooker Tiaan Liebenberg has replaced Ralepelle in the squad and trained with the team on Wednesday morning in Cape Town