# The Freedom Front Plus has condemned the mismanagement of funds by the Government Pensions Administration Agency. The agency manages approximately three-trillion-rand in retirement assets for civil servants and employees of parastatals. Several procurement contracts entered into by the agency have been flagged for potential irregularities, with reported costs exceeding 1.2-billion-rand. FF Plus’ Anton Alberts says […]
# Civil society movement Not in My Name International is demanding the dismissal of a teacher at the Prinshof School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Pretoria. This follows allegations that a 14-year-old learner was sexually assaulted by a teacher in 2024. The movement staged a peaceful demonstration outside the school yesterday. Not in My Name […]
# The DA in Gauteng is calling on the provincial Education MEC, Matome Chiloane to urgently address infrastructure challenges at Alrapark Primary School in Nigel, Ekurhuleni. The party says learners have missed three weeks of schooling due to community protests triggered by poor and unsafe conditions at the school. The DA’s Sergio Isa Dos Santos […]
# Computer security services company Galix says cyber threats are growing more sophisticated, compliance requirements are tightening, and organisations are under pressure to innovate securely and fast. Galix’s Simeon Tassev says the process starts with identifying risks relevant to the business. He says risks need to be categorised, prioritised, and placed into a matrix that considers […]
# Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety, Jackie Macie, is calling on church leaders to ramp up security measures to better protect themselves and their congregants. On Friday, six armed men stormed a church in SunCity A, KwaMhlanga, during a night prayer service and robbed congregants. Two churches were also robbed in Bushbuckridge. The department’s spokesperson, […]
# South Africa needs to strengthen its innovation ecosystems, special economic zones, and governance frameworks. This is according to Tshwane University of Technology professor Mashupye Maseremule. The country’s SEZs contribute 30.973-billion-rand in investment and over 27-thousand permanent jobs. Maseremule says despite this, SEZs often lack comprehensive performance evaluations, focusing primarily on outputs like job creation […]
# The Tshwane District Police says it is continuing to take action against non-compliant businesses across the metro. Over the weekend, liquor enforcement teams inspected 26 outlets in Ga-Rankuwa during Operation Shanela. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says ten establishments were shut down after being found to be non-compliant. He adds that during the operation, 317 suspects […]
# In the last year, the City of Cape Town’s Pharmaceutical Service has successfully implemented the Elula Pharmacy System, which is a digital dispensing and stock management programme. The metro has 37 Pharmacists and 77 post-basic pharmacist assistants, who dispensed medication to the value of 230-million-rand in the last 12-months from more than 70 dispensaries. Mayoral […]
# City of Ekurhuleni Emergency Services recovered six bodies from inside a Mazda Sedan at the Zonkizizwe River last night. Spokesperson Tikkie MacDonald says they received a distress call about a motor vehicle accident on the R550. He says upon arrival, firefighters found the vehicle lying on its roof and submerged underwater:
