# ActionSA condemns, what it calls, attempts to discredit the corruption-busting legacy of former mayor Herman Mashaba and the Group Forensic and Investigation Services, which probed over six-thousand cases worth 35-billion-rand. The party criticises former mayor Thapelo Amad’s witch-hunt, which has already cost 12-million-rand and could reach 40-million-rand, with no progress or reports produced. ActionSA’s […]
# The Transplant Education for Living Legacies, TELL, has launched the Orgamites Mighty Education Programme in Gauteng schools. This is part of Organ Donor Awareness Month. There are over eight-thousand South Africans currently waiting for life-saving transplants, including 40 children. TELL’s managing director, Stella de Kock, says Orgamites, which is active in over three-thousand-200 schools worldwide, […]
# Tshwane Metro Police Chief, Yolande Faro, is accused of not declaring a large cash gift from wealthy individuals. Faro and her team of senior officials were invited to a festival at the Sun City Resort in the North West in February, accompanied by their spouses. They were allegedly given money estimated to be around […]
# The DA in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the additional healthcare staff set to be appointed in the province. According to the Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, 270 new posts are being created, 150 for doctors and 120 for nurses, over and above the 20 already announced. The DA’s Imran Keeka says they remain acutely aware that this […]
# Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has strongly condemned recent attempts to vandalise and steal road infrastructure across the province. This follows an incident on the R24 on Saturday, where suspects allegedly tried to steal cables along the route. The MEC emphasised that such actions endanger lives and significantly compromise the safety of all road […]
# Green Connection has expressed concern about the affordability of nuclear power, particularly the high upfront capital costs, the risk of construction delays, and the cost overruns that have been experienced worldwide. This comes as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build and […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the environmental approval for a new nuclear facility in Cape Town is an important step in the country’s future energy mix. This comes as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build and operate a […]
# Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has emphasised the urgent need for the National Dialogue to succeed for the benefit of the poor and marginalised. Key organisations behind the initiative, including Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, have withdrawn from the planning process and the National Convention, set to take place on Friday. […]
# Police have offered a 150-thousand cash reward for information on the whereabouts of Jabulani Moyo, an awaiting trial prisoner who shot and killed two detectives in Roodepoort, Gauteng, on Friday. At the time of the incident, the two officers were transporting Moyo from the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court back to prison. In Mpumalanga, Sergeant Lawrence Mtshweni […]
