# The Public Servants Association is calling for urgent action to address critical staff shortages in KwaZulu-Natal’s public healthcare system. According to the union, qualified doctors remain unemployed while funded vacancies are frozen or unfilled, placing additional pressure on healthcare workers and affecting patient services. The association’s Zamani Dladla says the province needs to urgently […]
# Scientists are calling for the urgent protection and restoration of Africa’s seagrass meadows, which support coastal communities by providing food, medicine and raw materials. A Stellenbosch University-led review found major gaps in knowledge about the extent and condition of these ecosystems, with restoration trials conducted in only six African countries. Researchers are urging better […]
# The DA says the frequency and duration of power outages in Tshwane may breach the city’s electricity distribution licence conditions. The party has lodged a complaint with the energy regulator Nersa, calling for an investigation into the city’s electricity supply. The DA’s Cilliers Brink says Tshwane experiences about one-thousand-600 power interruptions a month, with […]
# The 228-million-rand Medicare 24 corruption case is awaiting a decision from a National Prosecuting Authority review panel. Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and 15 others face corruption charges over the alleged irregular awarding of the Medicare 24 Tshwane District contract. The spokesperson of the Investigating Directorate against Corruption, Henry Mamothame, says the Pretoria Regional Court […]
# Gauteng police and the South African National Defence Force have arrested 121 suspected illegal miners during Operation Prosper in Fochville, Gauteng. The operation was carried out with the Department of Home Affairs and mining company Sibanye-Stillwater’s security team. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says the operation is part of ongoing efforts to tackle illegal mining […]
# The DA says stronger action is needed to tackle gun violence in the Western Cape following two separate shootings in Khayelitsha and Lwandle over the weekend. The party’s Benedicta van Minnen says Lwandle urgently needs a permanent, properly resourced police station, while more must be done to improve investigations and prosecutions. Van Minnen added […]
# Die Mpumalanga-sakeman, Joe Sibanyoni het hom by die Madlanga-kommissie op sy reg beroep om homself nie te inkrimineer nie. Sibanyoni het geweier om vrae te beantwoord oor ‘n beweerde afpersingskema van twee-miljoen-rand wat met die sakeman Thomas Ntuli en die Molotoweg-projek verband hou. Hy beweer sy getuienis voor die kommissie kan sy hangende strafsaak […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra dringende optrede om kritieke personeeltekorte in KwaZulu-Natal se openbare gesondheidsorgstelsel aan te spreek. Volgens die vakbond is gekwalifiseerde dokters werkloos terwyl befondsde poste bevries of ongevul gelaat word, wat bykomende druk plaas op gesondheidsorgwerkers en pasiëntedienste beïnvloed. Zamani Dladla van die vereniging sê die provinsie moet vakante mediese poste […]
# Wetenskaplikes vra vir die dringende beskerming en herstel van Afrika se graslande langs die see, wat kusgemeenskappe ondersteun deur voedsel, medisyne en grondstowwe te verskaf. ‘n Oorsig deur die Universiteit Stellenbosch het beduidende leemtes in kennis oor die omvang en toestand van hierdie ekosisteme aan die lig gebring, met hersteltoetse wat in slegs ses […]
