Affinity Health, a leading provider of high-quality health cover, says World Polio Day (24 October) is an important reminder that polio has not disappeared and that vaccination remains the best way to protect children. Many parents today have never seen a case of polio. This is largely because successful vaccination programmes have reduced wild poliovirus cases worldwide by more than 99 per cent since 1988. However, the virus has not been completely eradicated. Wild poliovirus continues to …
SAFRA Launches Powerful New Furniture Volume Calculator
Johannesburg – South Africans planning a household or office move can now estimate the size of their move before contacting a removal company. The South African Furniture Removals Alliance (SAFRA) has launched a free online Furniture Volume Calculator, helping consumers prepare detailed inventories and obtain more accurate furniture removal quotes. The new tool addresses a common challenge when organising a move: knowing how much space furniture, appliances, boxes and other belongings will …
SAFRA Marks 15 Years and Nearly 500,000 Moving Quotes
PRETORIA – The South African Furniture Removals Alliance (SAFRA) marks 15 years of connecting South Africans with furniture removal companies, with its online platform approaching half a million quotations submitted by moving service providers. Established in 2011, SAFRA has recorded more than 136,000 customer quote requests and over 479,000 quotations from removal companies, according to live statistics published on its website. The milestone comes as SAFRA introduces new digital tools and …
Water Safety Disaster Creates Public Health Crisis
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Today, the DA opened a criminal case at Pretoria Central SAPS against the City of Tshwane for failing to maintain safe drinking water standards at the treatment plants serving Bronkhorstspruit. Residents have paid the price for this failure. More than 160 people have already been hospitalised. Hundreds more have been treated for dehydration and severe stomach illness. The City’s own records and whistleblower evidence confirm …
Mover and Shaker: Geoff Lourens
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Manufacturing) (Pty) Limited has a new voice for its vehicles. Geoff Lourens joined the company as Product Communications Manager, effective 1 October. Lourens reports to Ford Southern Africa Communications Director Dustin Chick, and will lead its product and lifestyle communications efforts in South Africa. He will work with media, influencers and creators to show Ford's vehicles as reliable partners in the resilient South African lifestyle. Lourens …
SAFRA Unveils Exciting Website Upgrade for Easier Moving Quotes
PRETORIA – The South African Furniture Removals Alliance (SAFRA) has unveiled an upgraded website featuring easier navigation, online moving inventories and an improved furniture removals leads management system for participating service providers. The improvements aim to simplify the quotation process for South Africans planning household or office relocations while helping removal companies manage enquiries more effectively. These upgrades form part of SAFRA’s renewed focus on …
Cholera Warning
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has received information from a whistleblower that tests conducted at the Bronkhorstspruit Wastewater Treatment Works have detected cholera bacteria in water samples. The DA has already called on Mayor Nasiphi Moya to release the water-quality test results. If cholera has indeed been detected, this constitutes a serious public health crisis. Residents have a right to know whether their water is …
OAK Law Publishes Guide on Governance Standards for Professional Practices
OAK Law has published new guidance for professional practices on the governance obligations that sit above standard Companies Act compliance, and the risk of only tracking one layer. PRETORIA, South Africa — OAK Law has published a new guide addressing a governance gap many regulated practices don’t realise exists, the layer of obligations their professional body adds on top of standard company law. The article sets out exactly where that layer comes from and why it’s so easily …
Summer Ant Work Points to the Colony Behind the Kitchen Trail
Gqeberha: An ant trail appearing beside a skirting board can send a homeowner looking for something to spray. For True Clean owner Diederik Visser, that point of emergence is a place to start investigating. The nest may be somewhere else. His inspections follow the visible activity around the house and outside, looking at the building and nearby ground together. A review of True Clean’s records from October 2025 to September 2026 found that 54% of its recorded ant-control work fell in …
A Chimney Clean Can Reveal a Repair Job in Coastal Homes
Gqeberha: A chimney booked for cleaning can reveal a repair issue once its condition is examined. In coastal homes, True Clean owner Diederik Visser says the installation in front of him needs to determine the approach. “Almost every chimney has its own little niggle,” he says in a recorded explanation of the work. His videos cover older masonry chimneys and metal flues, with different problems affecting each. The cleaning request is the starting point for finding out what is …