# The Board of Healthcare Funders says healthcare systems across Southern Africa are under unprecedented pressure, primarily driven by dwindling budgets, severe understaffing and the rising burden of diseases. According to the Special Investigating Unit, an estimated 15-percent of healthcare spending is compromised by fraud, waste and abuse, costing the sector close to 30-billion-rand. Board […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has asked the Public Protector to investigate the process that led to the precautionary suspension of Tshwane’s city manager. Johann Mettler is accused of serious financial misconduct, maladministration and gross dereliction. The FF Plus’s Grandi Theunissen says there is strong suspicion this decision is politically motivated and linked to Mettler’s […]
# The Road Freight Association says it is not convinced that the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act will change the current behaviour of road users. The implementation of phase two of AARTO commenced last Wednesday. The purpose of the Act includes promoting quality, safety and discipline, facilitating the adjudication of road traffic […]
# The MK Party is calling on government to immediately begin repatriating foreign national prisoners, saying the country is spending about 4.2-billion-rand annually to keep them in correctional facilities. As of last month, South Africa’s prisons held 27-thousand-880 foreign nationals, including 13-thousand-266 sentenced inmates and 14-thousand-614 awaiting trial detainees. The MK Party says awaiting trial […]
Police is warning that acts of vigilantism, intimidation, discrimination, harassment, or the unlawful stopping and questioning of individuals will not be tolerated. March and March Movement announced that it will contiue with anti-migrant protest every Thursday until the government demonstrates that it is taking their demands seriously. Police spokesperson, Cherelle Ehlers says only duly authorised law enforcement […]
# The National Arts Festival has announced the appointment of Palesa Kadi as its new CEO from next month. The announcement was made after this year’s successful edition at Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, which drew robust audiences to a packed programme of local and international work from emerging and established artists across eleven days. […]
# Tax Justice South Africa is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority to explain why businessman Adriano Mazzotti has never been criminally prosecuted. This is despite him allegedly admitting to tobacco smuggling, tax evasion, and attempts to corrupt South African Revenue Service officials. Tax Justice SA founder, Yusuf Abramjee, says this reinforces long-standing concerns that […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and the South African Medical Research Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration between environmental and health experts. Through the agreement, the two institutions will collaborate on research, policy development, health impact assessments, data sharing, air quality monitoring, and public awareness initiatives. SAMRC […]
# Police are concerned about the unlawful use of blue lights. Criminal syndicates, commonly known as “blue light gangs”, have used them to impersonate law enforcers and rob, hijack and terrorise unsuspecting motorists. Two suspects were arrested in Centurion, Gauteng, for the illegal use of blue lights on a private vehicle this weekend. Police spokesperson, […]
