# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it rejects the government’s decision to accept a 24.78-billion-rand Development Policy loan from the World Bank. The loan is aimed at easing infrastructure bottlenecks that have contributed to a decade of meagre economic growth. Saftu’s General-Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says this loan forms part of a broader […]
# The Gauteng Health Department has condemned what it calls a reckless and misleading media statement issued by the DA. In the statement, the party alleges that patients at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital were being denied essential medicines due to shortages. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says hospital management engaged the DA’s Madeleine Hicklin and […]
# The office of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption Oversight Judge says it has received formal complaints against the anti-corruption directorate boss Andrea Johnson. She is facing serious accusations, including that she leaked the contents of a criminal complaint directly to senior Crime Intelligence officer Feroz Khan, the very individual named in the complaint. The IDAC’s […]
# Forum for South Africa has welcomed Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson’s decision to initiate an investigation into the six-thousand-238 state-owned residential properties allocated to government departments and occupied by officials. The department estimates 39.6-million-rand was spent from its day-to-day maintenance budget for only 108 of the properties during the previous financial year. […]
# Mpumalanga’s MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Jackie Macie, has requested the immediate deployment of a multi-disciplinary police team. This follows after heightened tensions between the local taxi association and Umbutho concerning the operation of seven-seater vehicles and route control, have resulted in troubling clashes. Spokesperson Moeti Mmusi says two crucial engagements scheduled […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department arrested 40 suspects and impounded 33 public transport vehicles during weekend road safety and law enforcement operations across the metro. Operations targeted high-impact highways and areas, such as Marabastad, Ga-Rankuwa, Mamelodi, Pretoria North and Fountains Valley. TMPD spokesperson, Puleng Motholo, says 17 motorists were arrested for driving under the […]
# The Public Servants Association has rejected the false and misleading report published by Independent Online, alleging that Justice Shiburi, its representative on the Public Investment Corporation board, has resigned. The PSA’s Claude Naicker says IOL must explain how such inaccurate information was published without proper fact-checking and editorial verification. He says Shiburi remains a duly appointed PIC board […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane says the national Department of Water and Sanitation has investigated its complaint on the pollution of the Brits Dam by the Rooiwal wastewater treatment works north of Pretoria. The party’s Willie Spies says the department’s investigation has identified possible violations of the National Water Act by the metro. […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed the Johannesburg High Court granting the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit a final order, permanently seizing 326-million-rand in assets linked to corruption-accused businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela. The seizure is tied to the Tembisa Hospital tender fraud and the 2021 assassination of whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The department’s spokesperson, […]
