# The Solidarity Movement has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision declaring the Certificate of Need provisions in the National Health Insurance Act invalid. The union argued the law gave government excessive control over where healthcare professionals could operate, expand or relocate practices. Solidarity said the system infringed on constitutional rights, property rights and professional freedom. […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says reform of the logistics sector is critical to the country’s future economic success. According to the latest financial year data for 2025/2026, the country’s eight commercial ports welcomed eight-thousand-630 vessel arrivals. This represents a nine-percent increase in ship traffic compared to the previous financial year. BLSA CEO Busiswe Mavuso […]
# Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Blade Nzimande, het die adjunkminister van Water en Sanitasie, David Mahlobo, gelukgewens met sy Meestersgraad in Hidrologie, Cum Laude. Minister Nzimande sê Mahlobo se graad is veral belangrik want dit sluit aan by die kritieke vaardigheidsbehoeftes in Suid-Afrika. Die departement se woordvoerder, Veli Mbele, sê die adjunkminister […]
# Die Polisie- en Gevangenisse-burgerregte-vakbond beskuldig die SAPD se Forensiese Wetenskapslaboratorium van ernstige tekortkominge in beroepsgesondheid en -veiligheid. Die vakbond beweer die SAPD het versuim om verpligte hepatitis-siftingstoetse, mediese toesig en bevestiging van inentings uit te voer soos vereis ingevolge wette oor beroepsgesondheid en -veiligheid. POPCRU se woordvoerder, Richard Mamabolo, sê sekere werknemers wat vroeg […]
# Die Konstitusionele Hof het beslis sekere bepalings van die Wet op Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering wat verband hou met die Sertifikaat van Behoefte, is ongrondwetlik. Die wet sou staatsgoedkeuring vereis vir gesondheidsorgverskaffers om praktyke te open, uit te brei of te verskuif. Die regering voer aan die stelsel sal gelyke toegang tot gesondheidsorgdienste verbeter, maar kritici, […]
# The Constitutional Court has ruled that sections of the National Health Act dealing with the Certificate of Need are unconstitutional. The law would have required state approval for healthcare providers to open, expand or relocate practices. Government argued the system would improve equal access to healthcare services, but critics, including Solidarity, said it gave […]
# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, has congratulated the deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo, on attaining a Master of Science Degree in Hydrology, Cum Laude. Minister Nzimande says Mahlobo’s degree is particularly important, as it aligns with South Africa’s critical skills needs. The department’s spokesperson, Veli Mbele, says the […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has accused the SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory of serious occupational health and safety failures. It claims SAPS failed to carry out mandatory hepatitis screenings, medical surveillance, and vaccination verification required under occupational health and safety laws. POPCRU’s spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo, says some employees due for testing since […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die feit dat internasionale en plaaslike beleggers bereid is om kapitaal in Suid-Afrika te belê toon vertroue in die land as aantreklike beleggingsbestemming. Sedert die regering se eerste nasionale beleggingsveldtog in 2018, is 1,5-duisend-miljard-rand beloof en volgens berigte is 634-miljard-rand belê in fabrieke, myne, datasentrums, kragaanlegte en ander infrastruktuur. Ramaphosa sê […]
