# A multi-disciplinary operation in Wierdabrug and Olievenhoutbosch in Tshwane yesterday resulted in the arrest of 384 suspects for various criminal offences. These include murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says 83 undocumented immigrants were also detained and handed over to immigration officials for processing:
# The National Health Laboratory Service says eliminating the cancer biopsy backlog at the Histology Laboratory at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital marks a bold step forward in restoring and strengthening this critical pathology service. The backlog was one-thousand-540 specimens in formalin awaiting processing, and 12-thousand-756 processed cases awaiting reporting by registrars and pathologists. NHLS […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says Ekurhuleni Municipality’s latest electricity tariff application to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa inadvertently exposed a discrepancy of approximately seven-billion-rand in the calculations. In its application, the metro incorrectly calculated its Eskom bill for bulk electricity, inflating the amount from 25.5-billion-rand to 32.7-billion-rand. The FF Plus’s Jennifer Glover […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued an advisory of expected inclement weather for the Western Cape from Sunday until Tuesday. Parts of the province experienced heavy rains this week which led to flooding, the death of one person in Knysna, and evacuations. Disaster risk management’s Charlotte Powell says the frontal system will result […]
# The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety says the N1 at Witvlag is now open to traffic again, following a serious accident Malawian bus. Preliminary investigations suggest that the bus was travelling from Malawi to Gauteng, carrying 61 passengers, when it suffered a mechanical failure, causing an accident. The department’s spokesperson, Mashudu Mabata, says […]
# Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has welcomed the newly appointed members of the Perishable Products Export Control Board. This is an independent service provider of quality certification and cold chain management services for producers and exporters of perishable food products. The department’s spokesperson, Joylene van Wyk, says as the world’s trade landscape shifts, the […]
# The MK Party Women’s League says it is concerned about the allegations against minister of Social Development, Sisisi Tolashe, related to the mistreatment and financial exploitation of a domestic worker. A woman employed by the department as a food aide was allegedly forced to perform domestic work and pay half her salary to the […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality and Agri Western Cape have confirmed a new case of foot-and-mouth disease in the Mossel Bay area. It was identified on a small beef farm on the edge of the existing ten-kilometre quarantine zone in Groot Brak River. Spokesperson Herman Pieters says officials noticed suspicious lesions during inspection and […]
# Agricultural organisation, TLU SA, says it has informed president Cyril Ramaphosa and minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen of its concern about the country’s current policy direction, the pressure on food production, and the urgent need for practical, economically responsible solutions for growth. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the country cannot afford to continue […]
