# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union has welcomed the special investigating unit’s interim report exposing two-billion-rand was looted from Tembisa Hospital through fraud, corruption, and bid rigging. NEHAWU says the stolen funds could have equipped frontline workers during Covid-19 and strengthened public health infrastructure. The union supports SIU referrals to the National […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has questioned the affordability of providing free public healthcare to undocumented migrants, saying limited resources should prioritise legal residents. Speaking in Pretoria, Godongwana noted the Constitution obliges the state to provide services to all, calling this a grave mistake. His remarks come amid South Africa’s long-standing tensions over migration and […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says rising demand and budget cuts have strained funding, causing delayed payments to service providers in its Extended National School Nutrition Programme. The Department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says the provincial extension supports vulnerable learners in fee-paying schools. He emphasised that meals remain uninterrupted, engagements with providers are ongoing, and a […]
# The DA is demanding accountability after reports of abuse and overcrowding of mental health patients at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Tshwane. DA spokesperson, Madeleine Hicklin, says patients are crammed into crumbling wards despite a completed upgrade plan submitted in 2022. Hicklin highlights severe staff shortages, poor infrastructure, and deplorable conditions. She calls […]
# Soccer: South Africa’s 2026 World Cup hopes have been dealt a blow after FIFA sanctioned the South African Football Assiciation for fielding ineligible midfielder Teboho Mokoena in the match against Lesotho. The match has been forfeited, with Lesotho awarded a 3-0 victory. Safa has also been fined 200-thousand-rand, while Mokoena received a warning. The […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has expressed shock after the Special Investigating Unit uncovered two-billion-rand in healthcare looting at Tembisa Hospital. The probe was launched in 2021 after whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s assassination and has revealed at least three coordinated syndicates behind the corruption. Receiving the interim report, Motsoaledi questioned why the hospital was targeted and […]
# The GOOD Party welcomes its national chairperson Matthew Cook as Chairperson of Johannesburg’s Finance Section 79 Oversight Committee. Secretary-general Brett Herron says Cook’s appointment is key to restoring accountability and transparency in the city’s finances. Cook pledges to tackle wasteful expenditure, inefficiency, and poor oversight, ensuring entities like City Power and Joburg Water are […]
# Table Mountain National Park has deployed ground crews to combat a wildfire near the Pipe Track in Camps Bay. South African National Parks spokesperson JP Louw says around 50 firefighters from SANParks, City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue, Volunteer Wildfire Services, and Working on Fire are on site. A helicopter from George is […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has linked a Tembisa Hospital corruption syndicate to businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela, nephew of president Cyril Ramaphosa. SIU head Andy Mothiba says Maumela’s network funneled 816-million-rand through one-thousand-728 purchase orders, bypassing procurement rules. Associates, including Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, also benefited. He confirmed fraudulent splitting of tenders as both successful and […]
