Daily Voice 2025-11-18

Improving McKenzie, who is the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture in the Government of National Unity, insisted that South Africa had “turned the corner”, claiming that the economy is improving. He added: “In the third quarter, we created close to 300,000 jobs. So the GNU is really taking the country up now. “Don’t believe me; listen to the foremost experts on these issues. We did this under President Cyril Ramaphosa.” McKenzie added that efforts made last year were “starting to bear fruit”. “It would be a great mistake for them to want to move Ramaphosa and come with a new king – not now,” he said. “We are being led into prosperity.” Since the GNU was formed after the May 2024 elections, McKenzie has regularly praised Ramaphosa – largely…

THE Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness has warned of an increase in measles outbreaks on the Cape Flats. Areas affected include Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Eerste River, Somerset West, Mitchells Plain, Kraaifontein and Wesbank. Measles is a highly contagious disease that infects the respiratory tract. Symptoms include high fever, rash, runny nose, conjunctivitis, and coughing. Healthcare practitioners can diagnose measles based on signs and symptoms, and a blood sample collected for laboratory testing. According to the department, a worrying decline in childhood vaccinations contributed to multiple outbreaks of measles, rubella, and diphtheria across the province recently. The department said in a statement: “Ensuring immunisation coverage across the province remains our top priority. Since October 2024, the department has ramped up its immunisation efforts to protect young children from serious and…

FOR a female reporter working for the Daily Voice, it’s not easy to always live by the newspaper’s tagline: Ons Skrik Vir Niks. Not with the pandemic of Gender-Based Violence running wild in our city or in South Africa for that matter. That’s why I’m so encouraged by Women for Changes’ G20 Women’s Shutdown as vroumense from all over the city and country get ready to make their voices heard this Friday in a mass demonstration. Organised to coincide with the world’s eyes on the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, it’s a move to force the government to do more to protect the women of this nation. As roughly half of the population of Mzansi, women have been called to not work and not spend money for one day, to show…

A GRIEVING father is struggling to come to grips with the loss of his only daughter who was shot and killed just a day after her birthday in a mass shooting in Parkwood on Sunday. Mother of one Samantha Carelse, 26, and four other victims were shot inside a premises in Ivy Road, Parkwood, on Sunday evening around 6pm. Unfortunately, Samantha and a 28-year-old man did not survive the attack, while three other victims were wounded and transported to hospital. When the Daily Voice spoke to father, Mark Carelse, he said that they had just celebrated her birthday the day before the tragedy. He said: “The saddest part is that my daughter celebrated her 26th birthday on Saturday. “I still wished and kissed her and the next day, she was…