# Parliament’s Portfolio Committees on Electricity and Energy, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, and Water and Sanitation have raised concerns over continued groundwater contamination linked to pollution sources at Eskom’s Kusile Power Station. The committees cited recurring poor water quality, siltation of pollution-control dams, damaged dam liners and weaknesses in the station’s closed-loop water-management system. […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately lift the precautionary suspension of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. The charges against Masemola over the SAPS Medicare24 tender were withdrawn in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, after the National Director of Public Prosecutions found there were no […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa has congratulated its president, Simon Hlungwani, on his election as Vice-President of the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation. Hlungwani was elected at the federation’s 27th Biennial Meeting in New Delhi, India. DENOSA’s spokesperson, Sibongiseni Delihlazo says CNMF is the federation of nurses and midwives associations from the […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlahla Mkhwanazi has tasked the police’s Murder and Robbery Unit to investigate the killing of eleven people who were shot and killed at Ziko area in KwaMakhutha, Durban, on Tuesday night. Fourteen people were inside a house when three armed men opened fire. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says ten victims died […]
# Standard Bank says the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to increase interest rates by 25 basis points comes at a difficult time, with farmers already facing higher fuel, fertiliser and other input costs. The rate increase is aimed at keeping inflation under control. Standard Bank’s Brendan Jacobs says continued uncertainty in global oil markets and the […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the killing of nine people in Sydenham in October 2021. Six people were shot and killed at a house at Palmiet Road Informal Settlement in Sydenham in 2021. A short distance from the scene, three more people were shot and killed in two separate […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum calls on the Independent Directorate against Corruption to provide clarity on whether former member of Parliament, Vincent Smith, was unfairly singled out in the Bosasa corruption case. He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in March, on charges including fraud and corruption linked to receiving kickbacks from the facilities management […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says construction mafias are not only holding up infrastructure projects, but also stealing jobs, investment and opportunity from communities. Seven incidents of extortion, 14 of intimidation and seven of violence have been recorded on provincial government infrastructure projects between 2021 and last month. The DA’s Dirk Wessels says […]
# The MK Party is demanding that president Cyril Ramaphosa immediately lift the suspension of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. This follows the formal withdrawal of charges against him earlier this week. Masemola faced four charges for violation of the Public Finance Management Act in connection with a health services tender awarded to Vusimuzi “Cat” […]
