# The DA warns of a worsening hunger crisis in Gauteng, where 130 children under five die annually from malnutrition. DA Health spokesperson Jack Bloom cites Gauteng Health data showing eight-thousand-546 malnutrition cases treated last year, with severe cases in hospitals and mobile clinics. Many deaths are linked to infections and late presentation at facilities. […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named most of the players who were members of the squad that beat New Zealand last weekend in his squad for their closing two Rugby Championship matches against Argentina in Durban and London. The squad will assemble in Durban tomorrow after having a few days off with their families. […]
# Die regterlike kommissie van ondersoek na misdadigheid, politieke inmenging en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel onder die voorsitterskap van afgetrede Regter Mbuyiseli Madlanga, begin vandag met sy werk in Pretoria. Die DA-lid, Lisa Schickerling, sê die KwaZulu-Natalse provinsiale polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, het bewerings geopper oor politici wat by die polisie inmeng en die publiek se […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has opened its hearings into criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is the first witness to take the stand at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria. Evidence leader Terry Motau says Mkhwanazi’s explosive allegations will be examined openly and […]
# Die DA gaan die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, in die Parlement uitvra oor sy departement se mislukkings, soos wanbestuur, befondsing en roekelose finansiële besluite. Die party sê kultuurfeeste en grondvlaksport het gely nadat 82-miljoen-rand van sportfederasies herlei is om video-assistent-skeidsregter-tegnologie in sokker te befonds. Die DA eis dat befondsing vir […]
# Statistics South Africa says annual consumer price inflation slowed to 3.3-percent in August, down from 3.5-percent in July. Price Statistics chief director Patrick Kelly says softer food and fuel prices helped ease the rate. Annual inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages dropped to 5.2-percent, while fuel fell 5.7-percent. Meanwhile, staples including cereals and white […]
# Die woordvoerder van die MK-party in Gauteng, Abel Tau het die Madlanga-kommissie as blootgestel beskryf, voor hul hofaansoek oor die kommissie môre. Tau het in Pretoria kritiek uitgespreek oor die 147-miljoen-rand-begroting, en beweer dit is daar om die politieke elite te beskerm. Tau voer aan ‘n hof sou aanspreeklikheid verseker, ook vir die geskorste […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding en die Takealot-groep sal vandag ‘n belangrike memorandum van verstandhouding in Kemptonpark onderteken om Suid-Afrika se vaardigheidsgaping te oorbrug. Die ooreenkoms, gefasiliteer deur adjunkminister Mimmy Gondwe, bepaal dat Takealot ondermeer drie TVET- en gemeenskapskolleges naby sy verspreidingsentrums sal aanneem, studente praktiese ervaring bied, en leerplanne met bedryfsbehoeftes […]
# The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says as of August this year, the Western Cape has 43-thousand children in foster care, with 21-thousand in placements exceeding two years. The Department of Social Development, alongside one-thousand social workers and partner organisations, provides statutory services, early intervention, and family reunification. Kaizer-Philander says challenges include tracing birth parents, delays […]
