# Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, says there is an urgent need to address longstanding weaknesses in the public healthcare system. This comes after the Health Ombud has found that the deaths of six healthcare workers at public health establishments in KwaZulu-Natal were not as a result of workplace bullying, victimisation, or adverse working conditions at […]
# Disbarred lawyer Peet Viljoen says he intends to sue the National Prosecuting Authority for 500-million-rand for unlawful prosecution. He is facing at least 400 charges, including fraud, corruption, and theft, linked to the alleged fraudulent sale of 46 properties belonging to the Johannesburg Property Company. Viljoen told the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says financial controls are improving despite mounting debt and service delivery pressures. National Treasury has temporarily withheld 13.5-billion-rand in equitable share allocations intended for 69 municipalities nationwide, including 3.6-billion-rand earmarked for Johannesburg. This is aimed at instilling fiscal discipline and forcing municipalities to deal with unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful […]
# The DA in Gauteng says hundreds of learners at Ezibeleni School for Learners with Special Educational Needs in Katlehong are still attending classes on unsafe dolomitic ground, despite years of warnings. The party urges the provincial Education Department to urgently relocate the school. The DA’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says deteriorating buildings, sinkhole risks and unfilled […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the City of Cape Town is investing more than one-billion-rand to improve infrastructure and basic services in historically disadvantaged communities. The funding is provided through the urban settlements’ development grant. The DA’s Dirk Wessels says the funding demonstrates the city’s commitment to expanding access to basic services, […]
# Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden has appointed Annerie Senekal as its first female curator. Senekal officially took up the role on 1 July after serving as acting curator for the past nine months following the death of former curator Donovan Kirkwood last year. As a former intern who joined the garden in 2020, she will […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê honderde leerders by die Ezibeleni Skool vir Leerders met Spesiale Onderwysbehoeftes in Katlehong woon steeds klasse by op onveilige dolomitiese grond, ten spyte van jare se waarskuwings. Die party doen ‘n beroep op die Provinsiale Onderwysdepartement om die skool dringend te skuif. Bronwynn Engelbrecht van die DA sê geboue […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê die Stad Kaapstad belê meer as een-miljard-rand om infrastruktuur en basiese dienste in voorheen benadeelde gemeenskappe te verbeter. Die befondsing word verskaf deur die stedelike nedersettings se ontwikkelingstoelaag. Dirk Wessels van die DA sê die befondsing demonstreer die stad se verbintenis tot die uitbreiding van toegang tot basiese […]
# Die Botaniese Tuine van die Universiteit Stellenbosch het Annerie Senekal as sy eerste vroulike kurator aangestel. Senekal het die pos amptelik op 1 Julie aanvaar nadat sy die afgelope nege maande as waarnemende kurator gedien het, na die afsterwe verlede jaar van die voormalige kurator, Donovan Kirkwood. As ‘n voormalige intern wat in 2020 […]
