# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Health resolved not to receive the presentation on the National Health Laboratory Service annual report yesterday. This is after committee members unanimously raised concerns about the entity’s failure to submit audited financial statements, chronic non-compliance with the Public Finance Management Act and a collapse of governance and board oversight. NHLS’ […]
# Die MK-party sê sy leier, Jacob Zuma, se gesondheid is goed. Dit volg op berigte dat hy Dinsdag in die hospitaal opgeneem is nadat hy blykbaar siek geword het. Die koerant The Witness, in Pietermaritzburg, het berig dat ‘n ooggetuie gesien het hoe die voormalige president per ambulans na die hospitaal gebring en opgeneem […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has set aside minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau’s decision to gazette the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Legal Sector Code. The code sets targets for black ownership and leadership of law firms, seeks to expand opportunities for black women, and aims to direct more work to black-owned […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the importance of fully adhering to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan, as a means to advance the peace process. He met with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is in South Africa on a working visit. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says […]
# The MK Party says leader Jacob Zuma is healthy and in good spirits. This follows reports that he was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, after apparently falling ill. Pietermaritzburg-based publication The Witness reported that an eyewitness had spotted the former president being brought in by ambulance and admitted to hospital. The MK Party says […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die land is gereed vir volgende maand se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing en operasionele voorbereiding is in plek. Altesaam 142-duisend-en-72 kandidate is genomineer om tien-duisend-526 raadsetels by munisipaliteite te betwis. Dit sluit in 636 onafhanklike kandidate, 97-duisend-815 wykskandidate en 38-duisend-679 kandidate vir proporsionele verteenwoordiging. Ramaphosa sê hy het vertroue in die Nasionale Gesamentlike […]
# Die Spoorwegveiligheidsreguleerder sê sterftes is die bedryf se grootste uitdaging. Die jongste data toon die publiek was verantwoordelik vir 95,4-persent van alle sterftes. Ten spyte van ‘n algehele afname in spoorwegvoorvalle, het sterftes met 25,9-persent toegeneem, van 139 tot 175 in 2025/2026. Sekuriteitsvoorvalle het tot vyf-duisend-710 gedaal, wat ‘n jaar-tot-jaar-afname van 11,2-persent verteenwoordig. Diefstal […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is ready for next month’s local government elections, with operational preparations in place. A total of 142-thousand-and-72 candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 council seats across municipalities. These include 636 independent candidates, 97-thousand-815 ward candidates and 38-thousand-679 proportional representation candidates. Ramaphosa says he has confidence in the […]
# The Railway Safety Regulator says fatalities are the industry’s greatest safety challenge. Its latest data shows the public accounted for 95.4-percent of all fatalities. Despite the overall decline in railway occurrences, fatalities increased by 25.9-percent, rising from 139 to 175 in 2025/2026. Security-related occurrences fell to five-thousand-710, representing an 11.2-percent year-on-year decrease. Theft of […]
