# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the Competition Commission’s application to the Competition Tribunal to revoke its conditional approval of the Premier Foods–Rhodes Food Group merger. This follows concerns over the proposed closure of the Fruit Products Western Cape facility in Tulbagh. The DA’s Noko Masipa says the potential closure threatens hundreds […]
# Forum for South Africa rejects the Constitutional Court’s judgment over the ANC’s candidate list submission for the local government elections. The ANC convinced the court even though it did not click the final submission button, its lists loaded onto the Electoral Commission’s database should be accepted. The IEC was directed to add 181 ANC […]
# Tshwane police arrested 376 suspects for various criminal offences during a major multidisciplinary crime prevention operation in Pretoria West and Erasmia yesterday. They were apprehended for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, robbery and rape. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 53 undocumented foreign nationals were also detained during the operation, while two establishments were closed […]
# The City of Tshwane says it is investigating between 140 and 160 reported cases of diarrhoea and other gastrointestinal illnesses in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding areas. Most patients were treated at Bronkhorstspruit Hospital, while additional cases were reported at Mamelodi Hospital, Steve Biko Academic Hospital and Wilgers Hospital. Mayoral spokesperson Samkelo Mgobozi says investigations are ongoing and […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police is calling for urgent corrective action to address the persistent weaknesses in criminal investigations, forensic services, police accountability and financial management. According to its annual report, police only achieved 49 of its 94 annual targets, with its detective services programming meeting only nine of its 22 targets. Committee chairperson Ian Cameron […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health has denied reports that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority revoked licences for radiation therapy machines at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. This follows claims by the DA that SAHPRA had revoked licences for two linear accelerator machines because of a shortage of suitably qualified staff. The department’s […]
# Union federation COSATU welcomes Transport minister Barbara Creecy’s bold intervention to stop yet another fuel levy hike. The minister has blocked a Road Accident Fund proposal to hike the RAF Levy to three rand per litre, saying consumers are under enough pressure. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says workers and the economy have been reeling from […]
# Minister of Employment and Labour Nomakhosazana Meth has condemned the fatal shooting of three female managers at a Boxer Superstore in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal. Reports indicate that a 33-year-old unidentified former employee, who is on the run from police, locked the three managers inside an office. He then pulled out a firearm and fired a volley […]
# The South African government says it is concerned about the renewed escalation of attacks in the Red Sea region, particularly in and around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, including attacks on Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have intensified cross-border drone and missile strikes, including a high-casualty attack on King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh […]
