# The DA in the Western Cape has expressed concern at the ongoing challenges facing social grant beneficiaries, amid the South African Social Security Agency’s latest eligibility review process. The social grant reviews are being undertaken on targeted beneficiaries suspected of having additional sources of income that were not disclosed to the agency. The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says as […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health, in partnership with the Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases, has launched phase two of the Ex-Mine Workers Social Security Benefits Programme in Ekurhuleni. This follows the successful implementation of phase one in the West Rand district, in which more than nine-thousand ex-mine workers were reached. The department’s spokesperson, Motalatale […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng will be laying criminal charges against several medical aid schemes at the Lyttelton Police Station in Centurion today. A Section 59 inquiry found that Discovery, the Government Employees Medical Scheme and Medscheme acted unfairly and in a racially discriminatory manner towards black healthcare providers. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Matthew George, says the inquiry […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse Hooggeregshof in die Baai hoor vandag die eerste deel van die staat se appèlproses teen die vryspreking van die televisie-evangelis Timothy Omotoso en sy twee medebeskuldigdes aan. Dit volg in opdrag van regter Irma Schoeman nadat die staat ʼn verduideliking van feitelike bevindings in haar uitspraak versoek het. Die drie is in […]
# Four suspects were shot and killed during a shootout with police in Riverlea, Johannesburg, on Sunday. Gauteng police spokesperson, Tintswalo Sibeko, says they received intelligence about a planned business robbery at a shopping centre. She says when the members attempted to stop the suspects, they opened fire, leading to a shootout. Sibeko says three […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, sê hy verwelkom president Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit om hom met onmiddellike ingang op spesiale verlof te plaas. Dit is terwyl ʼn kommissie van ondersoek bewerings deur KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, ondersoek. Hy beskuldig die minister dat hy inmeng by sensitiewe polisieondersoeke en met sakepersone, insluitend moordbeskuldigdes, […]
# The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha is today set to hear the first part of the appeals process by the state of the acquittal of televangelist pastor Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused. This follows a directive by judge Irma Schoeman after the state sent a request for clarification of factual findings in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, met onmiddellike ingang op verlof geplaas. Dit volg op die verdoemende bewerings deur die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Hy het Mchunu onder andere beskuldig van politieke inmenging in polisie-ondersoeke, bande met gewetenlose karakters, en die ontbinding van die Politieke Moorde-taakspan in KZN. Ramaphosa het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die vestiging van ‘n regterlike kommissie van ondersoek aangekondig om bewerings deur die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi te ondersoek. Hy het bewerings gemaak teen senior wetstoepassingsbeamptes en die polisieminister Senzo Mchunu. Waarnemende adjunkhoofregter Mbuyiseli Madlanga sal die ondersoek lei. Ramaphosa sê die kommissie sal bewerings ondersoek wat verband hou met […]
