# The National Department of Health says it is digitising procurement systems to help curb corruption in public hospitals. Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced the reforms during a visit to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital yesterday. The move follows criticism over delays in repairing the hospital after the 2021 fire. Motsoaledi says electronic procurement will […]
# Rugby: Die All Blacks sal sonder hulle kaptein, Scott Barrett, moet klaarkom op hulle toer na Suid-Afrika. Hy het sy rug beseer en is vir tot vyf maande buite aksie. Die afrigter van Barrett se span, die Crusaders, Rob Penney, sê die veteraan van 88 toetse het alle denkbare nie-ingrypende prosedures probeer, maar uiteindelik […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê koolstofvermindering, uiteenlopendheid en digitalisering sal die grondslag vorm van Suid-Afrika se nuwe nywerheids-ontwikkelingstrategie. Hy het tydens sy begrotingsrede in die Parlement gesê die kabinetsgoedgekeurde strategie is daarop gemik om die land as ‘n leier in groen ekonomie te posisioneer terwyl uitvoere, belegging en werkskepping […]
# Forum for South Africa eis strenger toepassing van immigrasiewette en versterkte grensbeveiliging te midde van betogings teen immigrante. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê die regering moet aanspreeklik gehou word vir swak en ondoeltreffende wetstoepassing, gebrekkige grensbeheerstelsels en ‘n gebrek aan dringendheid om georganiseerde misdaad te bestry. Hy sê dit laat onwettige bedrywighede sonder […]
# ’n Formele klagte is by die Landdroste-kommissie ingedien teen die hooflanddros van Kwaggafontein in Mpumalanga, Tuletu Tonjeni, oor haar hantering van die afpersingsaak teen die taxi-hoof, Joe Sibanyoni. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se woordvoerder, Kaizer Kganyago, het aan Newzroom Afrika gesê die aanklaer is verkeerdelik skuldig bevind aan minagting, en ‘n lasbrief vir inhegtenisneming is […]
# Twee amptenare van die Departement van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë is voorlopig geskors nadat hulle ChatGPT gebruik het om Suid-Afrika se nasionale Kunsmatige Intelligensie-beleid sonder openbaarmaking op te stel. Die dokument het vals akademiese verwysings bevat wat deur K-I-hallusinasies geskep is en is daarna teruggetrek. Minister Solly Malatsi het dissiplinêre stappe bevestig, terwyl die […]
# Rugby: The All Blacks will have to tour South Africa without their captain, Scott Barrett. A back injury will keep him out for up to five months. The coach of Barrett’s Crusaders team, Rob Penney, says the veteran of 88 Tests has tried every non-invasive procedure available, but eventually realised surgery was the only […]
# AfriForum approached the High Court in Pretoria to review the decision by minister Gayton McKenzie to change the name of Graaff-Reinet, following a Government Gazette notice listing 21 proposed place-name changes. The forum’s Alana Bailey argues the process is unconstitutional, costly, and opposed by residents. She says the move could harm tourism and deepen […]
# The Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, announced plans in Parliament to introduce advisory national screen-time guidelines for children aged two to six years old. The policy aims to protect early childhood development by limiting non-educational screen exposure linked to delays in language development, cognition, and social skills. She says the department is also […]
