# The DA says indifference is the biggest threat to environmental protection, calling for stronger action to protect biodiversity. The party’s Dave Bryant says the Western Cape has expanded its protected areas by more than 81-thousand hectares through 25 new nature reserves over the past year. Bryant added cooperation between the government, landowners and communities […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia has assured the public that there is no shortage of adult or child rape evidence collection kits. According to Cachalia, the kits are available nationwide, and more are being distributed to keep facilities fully stocked. Police ministry spokesperson Kamogelo Mogotsi says the kits are vital for collecting forensic evidence, […]
# The EFF has filed a direct appeal to the Constitutional Court challenging president Cyril Ramaphosa’s court order that paused Parliament’s Phala Phala impeachment hearings. The EFF, which is supporting the African Transformation Movement’s application, argues that the High Court’s ruling in the Western Cape weakens Parliament’s oversight role and could allow future presidents to […]
# 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 […]
# 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 […]
