# The DA says the Gauteng Department of Education spent 96-million-rand on travel, accommodation and conference facilities over three financial years, while schools face financial pressure. The party says nearly 48-million-rand went towards conference facilities and 22-million-rand towards transport. The DA’s Michael Waters says there are inconsistencies in the department’s replies. Waters demanded a full […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health says ambulances parked at emergency medical services bases are not necessarily idle or out of service. According to the department, one base has 33 vehicles, including 22 emergency ambulances, five intensive care ambulances and six scheduled patient transport vehicles. The department’s Steve Mabona says the ambulances are also rotated […]
# Eskom is looking for a strategic partner to help develop a 1.5-gigawatt pumped storage scheme near Roossenekal in Limpopo. The Tubatse project is expected to become South Africa’s largest pumped storage facility, with the capacity to store 21 gigawatt-hours of electricity and generate power for up to 14 hours. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says […]
# Standard Bank het die volle skuldbefondsing van nege-miljard-rand verseker om die Gautrein-stelsel die volgende 15-jaar te vernuwe. Die belegging sal bestuur word deur Sihamba Sonke Mobility, wat verlede maand die bedryf en instandhouding oorgeneem het. Die plan sluit in die opknapping van 24 treine, agt nuwe treine, die opknapping van stasies en sinjaal-stelsels en […]
# Die staat het ‘n beëdigde verklaring ingedien wat beweer die voormalige adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, het ‘n man, geïdentifiseer as mnr M, gedreig nadat hy hom daarvan beskuldig het dat hy sy tienerdogter seksueel aangerand het. Die beëdigde verklaring, wat in die Landdroshof in Randburg, Gauteng, voorgelees is, beweer Sibiya het mnr M woedend […]
# ‘n Sesjarige meisie is in ‘n bedenklike toestand nadat sy vanoggend verskeie kere gesteek is in ‘n skool vir kinders met spesiale behoeftes in Umhlali aan KwaZulu-Natal se noordkus. Sy is onder gevorderde lewensondersteuning na ‘n gespesialiseerde mediese gerief geneem. Die polisie sê ‘n tiener-verdagte wat na bewering ‘n voormalige leerder is, het toegang […]
# The state has submitted an affidavit alleging former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya threatened a man identified as Mr M, who accused him of sexually assaulting his teenage daugther. The affidavit read in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng claims Sibiya called Mr M angrily while a police case was being opened after […]
# Die Jacob Zuma-stigting het berigte ontken dat die oudpresident en leier van die MK-party uit die hospitaal ontslaan is. Die stigting sê Zuma is steeds in die Netcare St Anne’s-hospitaal in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, waar hy volgens sy party vir ‘n roetine-ondersoek opgeneem is. Die party sê hy is in ‘n goeie luim. President Cyril […]
# The Jacob Zuma Foundation has denied reports the former president and MK Party leader has been discharged from hospital. The foundation says Zuma remains at Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, which his party describes as a routine check-up, adding he was in good spirits. President Cyril Ramaphosa has also confirmed he has […]
