# Government has launched an investigation into reported cases of gastrointestinal illness affecting 111 people at Rhodes University in Makhanda and 23 inmates at St Albans Correctional Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape. Those affected are experiencing symptoms including severe abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration. Department of Water and Sanitation’s spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised and acknowledged a constitutional failure in not addressing the litigation by Simon Mofokeng and the late Tshokolo Joseph Mokoena. The two spent 19 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted for the 1992 murder of a police officer in the Free State. Earlier this week, the Constitutional Court unanimously […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê munisipaliteite moet op gemeenskappe se behoeftes reageer en bevoeg wees om hul grondwetlike pligte na te kom. President Cyril Ramaphosa het gister die hersiene Witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering bekendgemaak terwyl die regering ʼn nuwe benadering tot munisipale bestuur en dienslewering wil volg. Hlabisa […]
# Die ANC het sy nasionale voorsitter, Gwede Mantashe, opdrag gegee om verskoning te vra vir opmerkings wat hy oor vroue gemaak het tydens sy Noordwes-veldtog in aanloop tot die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. In reaksie op ʼn Newzroom Afrika-joernalis se vraag oor seks vir werke, het Mantashe na vroue se geslagsdele verwys. Die ANC sê hy erken […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says South Africa is working to turn China’s zero-tariff treatment for African countries into increased exports, local manufacturing and job creation. China introduced the unilateral preference scheme, which provides duty-free market access for 100-percent of products, with the exception of 47 tariff lines subject to tariff-rate quotas, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens sê hy vorm deel van ‘n uitdagende en wisselvallige lugvaartomgewing, waar geopolitieke ontwikkelinge bydra tot hoër bedryfskoste, veral wat brandstof betref. Dit kom te midde van berigte dat die staatslugredery sy personeel ingelig het dat hul salarisse vir Oktober, vir die tweede agtereenvolgende maand, laat betaal sal word. SAL-woordvoerder Mphilo Dlamini […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says municipalities must be responsive to the needs of communities and be able to fulfil their constitutional responsibilities. President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the revised White Paper on Local Government yesterday, as government moves towards a new approach to municipal governance and service delivery. Hlabisa says […]
# The ANC has instructed its national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, to apologise sincerely for the unfortunate remarks he made about women, while he was campaigning in the North West ahead of the local government elections. Responding to a question by a Newzroom Afrika journalist on sex for jobs, Mantashe referenced female genitalia. The ANC says […]
# South African Airways says it is operating in a challenging and volatile aviation environment, with geopolitical developments contributing to increased operating costs, particularly fuel. This comes as the state-owned airline has reportedly informed its staff that their salaries for October will be paid late for the second consecutive month. SAA spokesperson Mphilo Dlamini told […]
