# Build One South Africa has launched its ‘double in a day’ Mandela Day campaign, urging South Africans to honour late former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy through community service and democratic participation. Today, party members will spend 67 minutes serving their communities while encouraging at least 67 eligible people to register to vote on 4 […]
# The DA has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector, calling for an investigation into what it describes as systemic service delivery failures in Johannesburg. Following an inspection of the Nancefield sewer pump station, the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Helen Zille, told the media ongoing sewage spills, unsafe housing and deteriorating infrastructure show the […]
# Nigeria has completed the evacuation of nearly one-thousand-500 of its citizens from South Africa following weeks of anti-immigrant unrest. The evacuations took place between 10 June and 15 July, as pressure mounted on undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country. Nigeria has condemned xenophobia and violence against foreign nationals but says it will continue […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says the shortage of environmental health practitioners in Gauteng is hampering inspections of food outlets and spaza shops. Speaking during an update on her investigation into food safety enforcement, Gcaleka said the province falls below the World Health Organisation’s recommended ratio of one environmental health practitioner for every ten-thousand people. […]
# Trade union Solidarity has welcomed a Labour Court order aimed at resolving long-standing delays in issuing Red Seal certificates to qualified artisans. The court has ordered government departments and skills development bodies to meet before the end of September to address problems in the certification process. Solidarity’s Stef Pretorius says the delays have prevented […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the government to enforce a 60-percent local content requirement for vehicles built in South Africa. Backing the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers, MISA says stronger localisation is essential to grow manufacturing, create jobs and develop local skills. The union’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says carmakers receiving […]
# The DA says prolonged acting appointments at Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni are compromising patient care and weakening management. The party argues 27 senior positions, including the chief executive officer and several department heads, remain vacant or are filled in an acting capacity. The DA’s Madeleine Hicklin has urged the Gauteng Department of Health to […]
# The Congress of the People says findings by the Auditor-General have confirmed its long-standing concerns over the Northern Cape office of the premier’s lease of a privately owned office block. The party states the lease has now been terminated following adverse audit findings, calling for investigations into the procurement process. COPE’s Pakes Dikgetsi wants […]
# The DA in Mpumalanga is calling on the provincial government to urgently make the international food market fully operational. The party picketed outside the facility yesterday because the three-billion-rand project remains largely idle despite welcoming its first client last month. The DA’s Trudie Grovè-Morgan says the project has still not delivered the 100-thousand jobs […]
