# A coalition of civil society organisations , including Fossil Free South Africa and the StopEACOP Coalition, has filed a formal complaint with the Advertising Regulatory Board targeting Standard Bank’s environmental advertising, alleging misleading environmental and climate claims. Spokesperson Zaki Mamdoo says they are asking the regulator to scrutinise the bank’s claims of leadership in […]
# The Limpopo Department of Health says it has intensified malaria surveillance and control measures in Sekhukhune District, following the confirmation of seven malaria cases in the Marble Hall and Moganyaka areas. All seven patients have received antimalarial treatment and are recovering. The department’s spokesperson, Neil Shikwambana, says initial assessments of nearby water bodies did […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says rehabilitation of the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works has entered an intensive recovery phase. This follows an emergency intervention by the metro and Rand Water to restore safe drinking water. A major public health crisis resulted in over 300 residents contracting gastrointestinal illnesses from untreated water from the plant. The mayor’s […]
# The DA is calling on Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and MEC for e-Government Bonginkosi Dhlamini to account for discrepancies in the province’s e-Panic Button programme. In December 2024, the premier’s office announced that the province had handed out more than 80-thousand physical panic buttons. However, a few months later Lesufi said the province had […]
# The leadership of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture was a no-show in Parliament yesterday. According to the Auditor-General, approximately 41-percent of the department’s entities had the potential to achieve clean audits. However, the department is hamstrung by a lack of consequence management, ineffective monitoring of action plans and slow implementation of recommendations. […]
# Union federation COSATU joins its affiliate, the South African Municipal Workers Union, in celebrating its 39th anniversary. SAMWU was officially formed in October 1987, on the principles of non-racialism and forging a single municipal workers’ union. It emerged to be the country’s first national local government union. COSATU’s Nonzuzo Dlamini says SAMWU has championed […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health has acknowledged public concerns over the air-conditioning system and chiller plant at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria. According to the DA in the province, failures in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and chiller systems at the hospital have pushed operating theatre temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius, forcing […]
# Western Cape MEC for Health and Wellness Mireille Wenger is urging women to prioritise breast cancer screening and early detection. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Research shows more than half of women are only diagnosed when the disease has reached an advanced stage. Around 80-percent of breast cancers occur in women with no […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela is urging prospective students, particularly those currently in Grade 12, to apply for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme funding for the 2027 academic year. Applications close on Friday. The department’s spokesperson, Matshepo Seedat, says that so far, NSFAS has recorded more than 868-thousand applications as […]
