# The Public Servants Association says service delivery at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela, in Mpumalanga, is under severe pressure because of staff shortages. The union says patients are waiting up to five hours to collect files and another three to four hours at the pharmacy. The association’s Phumzile Zulu calls for urgent recruitment of […]
# The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters says the revised import requirements are limiting the availability of Argentine oxtail in the local market. The organisation says the restrictions followed changes to South Africa’s veterinary certificate for Argentine beef. The association’s CEO Paul Matthew says the measures are affecting supply and putting pressure on consumers, […]
# The City of Johannesburg has completed a 334-million-rand climate resilience project aimed at reducing flooding and environmental damage. The programme for nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa created one-thousand-500 jobs, restored 489 hectares of land, planted more than 47-thousand trees and removed 664 tonnes of waste from the Jukskei River. The project […]
# Freedom Front Plus says Tshwane mayoral candidate Willie Spies has been sworn in as a councillor on the city’s council. He fills the seat left vacant by Grandi Theunissen, who recently joined the DA. The FF Plus’s Jaco Mulder says the party fully supports Spies in his new role as he prepares to contest […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has criticised the City of Tshwane for paying ten-thousand-rand to value a property in Clubview, in Pretoria, worth five-thousand-600-rand. The FF Plus’s Peter Meijer says the valuation cost almost twice the value of the land and was unnecessary because two municipal departments had already valued the property. Meijer added that […]
# The Santa Shoebox Project calls on businesses, schools, book clubs and community groups to pledge 20 or more gift boxes for children in need. Celebrating its 20th year, the project aims to deliver 85-thousand boxes this year, with each box containing clothes, toiletries, school supplies, a toy and sweets. The project’s CEO, Deb Zelezniak, […]
# South Africa welcomed nearly one-million international tourists last month, with over 991-thousand visitors recorded. This is a 12.5-percent increase compared to July last year. From January to July, more than 6.5-million international tourists visited the country, up 12.4-percent from the same period last year. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says the growth is coming […]
# The Electoral Commission says political parties declared 117-million rand in donations between April and June. The DA received the largest share, declaring 104-million-rand, followed by ActionSA with six-million-rand, the Labour Party of South Africa with five-million-rand, and Rise Mzansi with two-million-rand. The IEC has also flagged compliance issues involving 15-million-rand in ANC donations. The […]
# Airlines are making contingency plans after an outage at Sasol’s Natref refinery disrupted jet fuel supplies to OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng. Airlines are considering tankering fuel from other airports, which would increase operating costs because aircraft carrying extra fuel burn more fuel. News24 reports FlySafair and Airlink said their operations […]
