# Suspended Public Investment Corporation CEO Patrick Dlamini has launched an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria to challenge his precautionary suspension. Dlamini argues the PIC board acted unlawfully by suspending him without properly considering the decision, and he learnt of his suspension through media reports. His suspension last week follows an anonymous […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has urged residents to stay alert after the South African Weather Service raised its heavy rain warning to level six. The warning, in effect until tomorrow night, covers eThekwini and several other coastal municipalities. The department’s Senzelwe Mzila says there is a high risk of […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says police resolutions from last week’s minister and members of the executive council meeting mean nothing without real implementation. This comes as Cape Town reels from more bloodshed. Five people were shot dead in Gugulethu yesterday, days after three men were killed in a shooting in Khayelitsha. The […]
# Lamb Champs has announced the launch of its first international invitational competition, with South Africa set to face Namibia in Pretoria on 31 October. The new head-to-head contest will feature teams of ten sheep farmers from each country and aims to grow Lamb Champs into an international platform celebrating premium lamb and agricultural excellence. […]
# The DA says Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital has run out of a critical dialysis medicine because the Gauteng Department of Health has failed to pay suppliers. The party claims the hospital has been forced to borrow emergency sodium bicarbonate solution from Helen Joseph Hospital, while essential dialysis filters have reportedly not been supplied […]
# Madlanga commission chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga says criminal charges will be laid after the identity of a protected witness was allegedly deliberately leaked. Madlanga says the witness testified anonymously in a closed session before the commission. He added the commission will pursue legal action against the person responsible for the disclosure:
# AfriForum says Gauteng could face another school placement crisis for grade one and grade eight learners next year, because the online admissions system is opening too late. The organisation says more than 400-thousand learners will need to be placed within a short period. AfriForum’s Carien Bloem says the late opening of the online system […]
# The City of Cape Town has launched an investigation after a MyCiTi bus caught fire and was destroyed at the Killarney station yesterday. No injuries were reported, but the station suffered extensive damage and will remain closed until further notice. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says the investigation will determine whether […]
# The National Director of Public Prosecutions has provisionally withdrawn criminal charges against the head of Crime Intelligence Dumisani Khumalo, the head of the police’s Crime Intelligence Technical Support Services, Dineo Mokwele and their co-accused. The decision follows representations made by the accused and advice from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption that further investigation is […]
