# The City of Johannesburg has appointed Lesiba Arnold Malotana as new head of the Department for Public Safety after a comprehensive recruitment, selection and assessment process. The appointment of the former head of the Gauteng Department of Health is controversial after a lifestyle audit conducted by the Special Investigating Unit classified him as ‘high […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has welcomed the arrest of syndicate kingpin Joel Govindraju in connection with its probe of more than two-billion-rand looted through Tembisa Hospital tenders. He faces multiple charges arising from allegations of the procurement of medical supplies and equipment at the hospital. The SIU says the Govindraju Syndicate siphoned approximately 600-million-rand […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, says repairs to the flood damaged area at the Bontebok National Park in the Western Cape are expected to cost 12.3-million-rand. He says the park sustained severe damage to some of its chalets and picnic sites, as well as the main access road to the […]
# Die DA sê die Gautengse Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling moet rekenskap gee oor die inenting van diere teen bek-en-klouseer. Dit volg nadat die departement erken het slegs 540-duisend diere is teen die siekte ingeënt terwyl hy meer as 757-duisend-340 entstofdosisse ontvang het. Bronwynn Engelbrecht van die DA sê dit beteken meer as […]
# The DA says the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has a lot to answer for regarding the vaccination of animals against foot and mouth disease. This comes after the department admitted that only 540-thousand animals were vaccinated against FMD despite receiving over 757-thousand-340 vaccine doses. The DA’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says this leaves over […]
# Die Stad Tshwane waarsku inwoners van Hammanskraal dat dit steeds onveilig is om kraanwater in die gebied te drink as gevolg van voortslepende probleme met watergehalte by die Temba-watersuiweringsaanleg. Die gebied was in Mei 2023 die middelpunt van ʼn cholera-uitbreking waartydens meer as 30 mense dood is. Die metro-woordvoerder, Lindela Mashigo, sê kraanwater wat […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement het 18 jongmense uit arm gemeenskappe in die provinsie gekies om deur die Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Mediese Opleidingsprogram medies in Kuba te studeer. Die groep is uit twee-duisend-480 aansoekers aangewys ná ʼn mededingende werwingsproses wat in Mei 2025 begin het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê die Kubaanse model […]
# The City of Tshwane is warning Hammanskraal residents that the tap water in the area remains unsafe for drinking, due to ongoing water quality issues at the Temba Water Treatment Plant. The area was the epicentre of a Cholera outbreak in May 2023, which claimed the lives of more than 30 people. The metro’s […]
# Die Regspraktykraad het ten sterkste ontken dat die omstrede Malesela Teffo wat van die advokate-rol geskrap is, weer tot die regsberoep toegelaat is. Dit volg na Teffo se onverwagse verskyning by die Gautengse Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg tydens die sakeman, Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, en sy vier medebeskuldigdes se poging-tot-moord-verhoor. Teffo hou vol hy is op […]
