# Tshwane District Police arrested 394 suspects for various criminal offences during Operation Shanela in Olievenhoutbosch and Wierdabrug over the weekend. The suspects were apprehended for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and gender-based violence-related offences. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says the operation also focused on immigration compliance, resulting in the detention […]
# Die Departement van Basiese Onderwys het aansoek gedoen om verlof tot appèl teen ‘n uitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Limpopo wat 50 voormalige matriekleerders vrygespreek het van eksamenonreëlmatighede. Die voormalige leerders van Baphutheng Sekondêre Skool se 2024-matriekuitslae is teruggehou nadat ooreenkomste in hul antwoorde op Besigheidstudies-vraestel een en Ekonomie-vraestel twee as bewys van “groepkopiëring” […]
# The Department of Basic Education has applied for leave to appeal against a Limpopo High Court judgment that cleared 50 former matric learners of examination irregularities. The former learners from Baphutheng Secondary School had their 2024 matric results withheld after similarities in their answers to Business Studies paper one and Economics paper two were […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê niemand moet oor oudpresident Jacob Zuma se gesondheid bespiegel of dit bespreek nie. Die leier van die MK-party ontvang behandeling by die Netcare St Anne’s-hospitaal in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Ntshavheni sê Zuma is onder die mediese sorg van die Geneesheer-generaal van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag, soos vereis […]
# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says everyone should not speculate about or discuss former president Jacob Zuma’s health. The MK Party leader has been receiving treatment at the Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Ntshavheni says Zuma is under the medical care of the Surgeon General of the South African National Defence Force, […]
# Western Cape Health and Wellness MEC Mireille Wenger has launched South Africa’s first rewards programme for public healthcare users. WOWRewards will begin as a long-term pilot in Westridge, Mitchells Plain, testing whether incentives can encourage healthier lifestyles and earlier access to preventative care. Wenger says the programme aims to extend the benefits of rewards […]
# ActionSA has criticised the lack of completed affordable housing projects in Cape Town’s CBD, following an admission by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde that no such project has been completed in the CBD since 2017. The party says Winde acknowledged that several affordable and social housing projects are in the pipeline, but none has […]
# Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has welcomed the arrest of a pastor allegedly linked to the murder of a four-month-old baby, describing it as an important step towards ensuring that justice is served. The 36-year-old suspect was arrested in Diepsloot on Saturday and is expected to appear before the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court today. His two […]
# Parliament Standing Committee on Finance has expressed serious concern over approximately 1.7-billion-rand in outstanding pension fund contributions owed by about 19 municipalities. in the Free State and North West account for 79.4-percent of the total outstanding debt. Committee Chairperson Joe Maswanganyi says the committee will engage with the Ministers of Finance and Cooperative Governance […]
