# 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 […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has welcomed three progressive commitments contained in COSATU 15th National Congress political resolutions. The commitments include advancing the National Democratic Revolution towards socialism, defending working-class and making political support conditional on a clear working-class programme. Mayibuye spokesperson Sydney Baloyi has also welcomed progress towards gender equality within COSATU’s leadership, with […]
# Eskom is urging political parties, independent candidates, supporters, campaign teams and advertising agencies not to place election posters, banners or any promotional material on electricity infrastructure. The power utility has observed an increase in election-related posters being attached to electricity poles, mini-substations, transformers and other electrical infrastructure. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the risk arises when […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies has expressed concern that mobile network operators have connected only ten-thousand-851 of the 21-thousand-878 public service institutions targeted for internet connectivity. The spectrum auction resulted in five successful bidders: Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid and Rain, who were allocated targets to connect public service institutions to the […]
# Members of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development want former minister Sisisi Tolashe to face criminal charges. She allegedly ordered unlawful deductions of her food aide’s salary in 2024. An investigation by the Public Service Commission found the woman was forced to pay 37-thousand-rand of her salary to Tolashe’s daughter over three months. Committee […]
