# The Gauteng Department of Education’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona says the department wants the building back, where illegal residents have occupied an abandoned school in Diepkloof, Soweto. He says they are pressured and cannot afford to have a school being used for something else when it’s zoned for education. Mabona says they are working with […]
# The DA spokesperson Jack Bloom says the DA demands that the Gauteng Health Department stop buying from companies linked to the Tembisa Hospital contracts that lead to the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran. He says it is outrageous that ANC Ekurhuleni Treasurer-General Sello Sekhokho got 55 contracts worth 14.5-million-rand from Tembisa Hospital. Bloom says […]
# Business Leadership South Africa has praised the improvement in the relationship between government and the private sector. According to the organisation, the relationship has moved from complaints and promises to tangible outcomes. BLSA highlights the elimination of the country’s visa backlog among the government’s achievements. It has also praised Transnet for inviting private businesses […]
# Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube says many schools do not have the resources needed to roll out coding and robotics as subjects. She says the Department of Basic Education will not make coding and robotics a mandatory subject in schools. The department issued its Annual Performance Plan for the 2025/2026 financial year. According […]
# The South African Weather Service says the cold weather will continue in some parts of the country today. South Africa has experienced low temperatures, windy conditions, and wet weather since last week. Another cold front is expected to make landfall in the Western Cape on Wednesday. City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management spokesperson […]
# The DA says it distances itself from the proposal to appeal against the recent court order handed down by the Free State High Court regarding the Ngwathe Local Municipality. The party’s Carina Serfontein states supporting such an appeal would be a betrayal of the people. Serfontein says the municipality must not bear any legal […]
# The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry, and Competition, Mzwandile Masina, is mulling over a request by the EFF to summon minister Parks Tau. EFF national spokesperson and MP Sinawo Thambo expressed concern over the recent appointments of three ANC loyalists to the board of the Industrial Development Corporation. Thambo says the […]
# eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba has launched a state-of-the-art human capital centre of excellence in Nagina, KwaZulu-Natal, to uplift and empower the area’s youth. He says the centre will provide training in digital literacy, entrepreneurship, and career readiness programmes. The facility includes a fully equipped computer lab with 15 computers, free WiFi, and access to […]
# Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, appealed to the public to avoid using counterfeit medicine, following a fake video claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine had negative effects. The National Department of Health warned the public that the artificial intelligence-generated video was misleading. The health minister’s spokesperson, Sello Lediga, says Motsoaledi encourages all to continue to […]
