# The Department of Health has welcomed Thembisile Xulu as its new Director-General. Xulu officially takes up the position following her appointment by Cabinet in August. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says Xulu, a qualified doctor, previously served as CEO of the South African National AIDS Council and spent more than 15 years with the […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has authorised a warrant for the arrest of former Defence minister and National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after she failed to appear in court in her corruption and money-laundering case. Her lawyers say she remains unwell, but no medical certificate was provided. Mapisa-Nqakula stands accused of soliciting corrupt payments […]
# COSATU has welcomed government assurances that retired military personnel and their dependants will retain medical cover. Defence and Military Veterans minister Angie Motshekga told Parliament that about 21-thousand main beneficiaries of the Regular Force Medical Continuation Fund will continue receiving full benefits. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says the fund faces a 166-million-rand shortfall. He calls […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging vra meer aanspreeklikheid in die polisie nadat die Onafhanklike Polisie-ondersoekdirektoraat in 2025/26 altesaam vyf-duisend-259 beweerde gevalle van wangedrag aangeteken het. Dit sluit 332 gevalle van geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord in. Die beweging sê OPOD se onafhanklikheid moet beskerm en sy hulpbronne versterk word om deeglike ondersoeke te verseker, veral ná bewerings […]
# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement is calling for stronger police accountability after the Independent Police Investigating Directorate recorded five-thousand-259 alleged misconduct cases in 2025/26. These include 332 cases of gender-based violence and femicide. The movement says IPID’s independence must be protected and resources strengthened to ensure thorough investigations, particularly into rape, sexual violence […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding sê die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds moet aanspreeklikheid aanvaar vir die ontoereikende bestuur van sy befondste vaardigheid-ontwikkelingsprogramme. Die oorspronklike Phila Jordan-kapitaalprojek is goedgekeur teen meer as 300-miljoen-rand met die doel om 800 begunstigdes op te lei in die ontwikkelingsprogram vir ambagslui. Die ooreenkoms is egter in Mei vanjaar […]
# Die Globale Veldtog teen Transnasionale Georganiseerde Misdaad sê as politieke sluipmoorde geïgnoreer word, verskraal dit demokratiese keuse, benadeel plaaslike regering en laat misdadigers toe om te besluit wie die mag het. Twee-en-veertig mense is reeds vanjaar dood in vermeende politieke sluipmoorde in Suid-Afrika in aanloop tot die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing – die meeste in KwaZulu-Natal, […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training has called on the National Skills Fund to take responsibility for its own inadequate project management of its funded skills development programmes. The original Phila Jordan Capital project was approved at over 300-million-rand, with the aim of training 800 beneficiaries under the Artisan Development Programme. However, […]
# The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime says political assassinations, if left unchecked, will narrow democratic choice, corrode local government, and allow criminal governance to decide who can hold power. Forty-two people have been murdered in suspected political assassinations in South Africa this year, ahead of the local government elections. Most political killings have […]
