# Deputy Health minister Joe Phaahla has reassured the public of the continuation of services at the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital, despite a second fire breaking out at the main outpatient department yesterday morning. The weekend fire ravaged the emergency unit, destroying vital medical equipment. Phaahla says the causes of both incidents are under investigation […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, will lead a special celebration in honour of Katrina Essau at the Upington Inn in the Northern Cape today. Essau is widely recognised as a living human treasure and a revered figure in the preservation of the N|uu language and Khoi-San cultural heritage. The department’s spokesperson, […]
# The GOOD Party has criticised DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille for dismissing the trans-rights movement as a passing social contagion. Zille has come under fire for appearing to support the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. The court ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the deployment of over 200-thousand assistant teachers, in an attempt to ease educators’ workload and create jobs for young people. Recent research revealed that South Africa has a shortfall of some 46-thousand educators. This is aggravated by the fact that around 18-thousand educators are leaving the profession annually […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says the Vaal Dam is currently experiencing increased water inflows due to heavy rainfall on the upper catchment. As a result, it has reopened a third sluice gate to manage the water outflows. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says the water level at the dam is at 108.4-percent […]
# The DA in the Northern Cape says it has reported Sol Plaatje Municipality to the South African Human Rights Commission. This follows its failure to repair a broken sewerage pipe that is causing effluent to spill into an open stormwater canal in Floors, Kimberley. The DA’s George Joseph says the pipe, along the canal […]
# The Northern Cape Department of Roads and Public Works says disaster management teams remain on high alert across the province as heavy rains continue. The South African Weather Service issued a Level 4 impact based warning for disruptive rain for today and tomorrow. The department’s spokesperson, Zandisile Luphahla says due to continuous rainfall in […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum says the story of an attempted assassination on deputy president, Paul Mashatile, sounds like a cooked up story from within the ANC factions. The forum’s spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says they can just imagine if it was true, the country could have been turned upside down to look for those who […]
# The DA in Gauteng says it is demanding a professional and swift investigation into the possibility of arson being behind the two fires at the Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni. This follows the second fire today at the hospital, which occurred after the fire that destroyed the Accident and Emergency section over the weekend. The […]
