# The DA says the wards and corridors of the Livingstone Hospital Complex in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape are hauntingly empty. Seventy-four personnel have left, including 41 medical officials, 15 registrars, and 18 specialists. Those who remain, shoulder an unbearable load while patients wait in fear. DA spokesperson Jane Cowley says the Eastern Cape […]
# Mangaung’s mayor, Gregory Nthatisi, says the reconstruction of the Welbedacht pipeline will ease the difficult water challenges the metro has been facing. Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina handed over the Welbedacht Pipeline Project to Vaal Central Water. Teams reconstructed the 33-point-seven-kilometre pipeline and replaced its ageing concrete water pipes with steel. Nthatisi thanked […]
# South African Student Congress president Alungile Kamtshe says Higher Education minister Nobuhle Nkabane has failed to deliver on the department’s basic responsibilities. The organisation briefed the media yesterday to discuss the state of the ministry, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, and the Sector Education and Training Authority. Kamtshe says the current student issue […]
# 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 […]
