# The Public Servants Association says it is outraged by the continued negligence and inaction by the management of Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng. This is in the wake of a fire at the hospital’s accident and emergency unit on Saturday after a section of the building collapsed. PSA’s, Claude Naiker, says they have consistently raised […]
# The North-West University says its soon-to-be-established medical school will be honorifically named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine. This decision was taken in consultation with and received the approval of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust. The official naming ceremony took place on Tuesday with deputy Health minister, Joe Phaahla, present. The university’s […]
# The City of Cape Town’s beach and pool lifeguards have officially laid down their buoys, marking the end of the summer season and the metro’s 2024/2025 drowning prevention operations. This season, a total of 49 non-fatal drownings were recorded. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says these were serious incidents that […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department says it has noted a fraudulent advertisement circulating on social media platforms, falsely claiming that the Metro Police Academy Training is now open for the 2025 intake. JMPD’s spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says the information contained within the advertisement, including the reference number, closing date, minimum requirements, and the purported […]
# Cosatu has accused the South African Federation of Trade Unions of peddling fake news on the draft labour laws amendments. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says Saftu’s claims that workers’ hard-won rights, guaranteed by the Constitution and set in law, have been abandoned through some secret talks at Nedlac are false. He says while they […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is concerned that six magistrates, currently on suspension, have collectively earned 31-million-rand in salaries from September 2018 to date. According to the reports, one magistrate has been on suspension since September 2018, and another since July 2020. PSA’s, Claude Naiker, says some of the allegations facing the suspended […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the MK Party’s visit to Kleinfontein near Pretoria, once again cast the spotlight on cultural communities and their right to exist in South Africa. Last year, the High Court in Pretoria declared the white Afrikaans-only settlement illegal due to the City of Tshwane’s municipality zoning regulations. The FF Plus’, Jaco […]
# The EFF has welcomed Parliament’s standing committee on Appropriations postponement of the adoption of the Division of Revenue Bill report. This follows the party’s proposals for amendments to the bill. The EFF says at the centre of its proposals is the call to increase the local government allocation from the current 9.5-percent to 14-percent […]
# Cosatu says Pope Francis’ papacy was transformative and his calls to tackle sexual abuse within the Catholic Church must continue to be carried through. The 88-year-old was the head of the Catholic Church since 2013 until his death yesterday. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says the first non-European Pope in more than a millennium and […]
