# Transplant Education for Living Legacies, TELL, highlights children living with chronic kidney disease and the urgent need for organ donation. South Africa commemorates Kidney Awareness Week this week. According to the organisation, SA has one of the world’s lowest donor rates. Its managing director, Stella de Kock, says Awareness Week encourages early detection, family […]
# The Standard Bank Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Energy at Gauteng’s Vaal University of Technology will advance hydrogen research, innovation, and sustainable practices in South Africa. The university is currently the only African partner in a 13-member European Union hydrogen consortium. The centre will officially be launched on Thursday. Standard Bank says its commitment […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal has condemned the DA’s attempt to shift blame over the election of the KwaDukuza mayor, S’duduzo Gumede, of the ANC. The mayor’s post was left vacant after the ANC recalled Ali Ngidi from the position over allegations related to the hiring of a vehicle and security at his home. The DA […]
# Members of ActionSA’s Gauteng Legislature, led by provincial chairperson Funzi Ngobeni, will engage with healthcare workers and patients at Ekurhuleni clinics today. The party says the engagement will, amongst other things, cover the issue of illegal foreign nationals accessing health services, staff shortages, poor patient care, administrative inefficiencies, and infrastructure decay. The findings from […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate last week conducted its third coordinated service delivery blitz in Samora Machel since 2023. High levels of crime in the area continue to pose a challenge to service delivery. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says Samora Machel faces persistent challenges such […]
# The DA is demanding an immediate, system-wide security overhaul of all South African National Defence Force installations at military bases. This follows the recent theft of ammunition from Bloemspruit Air Force Base in the Free State. The party wants Defence minister Angie Motshekga and the SANDF to appear before Parliament and table a funded […]
# The City of Johannesburg has launched South Africa’s first Integrated Spatial Data Platform and Spatial Plan Management System, consolidating spatial data from all departments into a single, user-friendly digital platform. The initiative enables advanced analysis, evidence-based planning, and real-time data sharing, enhancing transparency, accountability, and service delivery. The city’s Virgil James says the platforms […]
# The DA has welcomed Parliament’s House chairperson, Cedric Frolick’s decision to call minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, to appear before the Oversight Committee in September. The party’s, Karabo Khakhau, says the minister must account for the growing scandal of new ANC cadre deployments as Sector Education and Training Authorities’ administrators. She says Manamela […]
# Women and Men Against Child Abuse has welcomed the conviction of former preschool teacher Amber-Lee Hughes, who confessed to drowning her boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter in 2023. The High Court in Johannesburg found her guilty of the premeditated murder and rape of Nada-Jane Challita. She will be sentenced in October. WMACA says Hughes should receive […]
