# The DA has warned that patients seeking emergency treatment at Helen Joseph Tertiary Hospital are at risk after being advised to seek care elsewhere. A warning issued by the hospital’s Trauma Unit Head Patricia Saffy, stated that the emergency department remains closed throughout August after staff were reportedly not paid, resulting in doctors absenteeism. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has formally objected to the appointment of Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader for Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee. In a letter, he says Madonsela is conflicted, citing his removal as his Judicial Service Commission appointee in 2022 and legal advice given to the ANC caucus. The committee voted two weeks ago […]
# Statistics South Africa has announced that annual consumer price inflation has eased to 4.3-percent last month, down from five-percent in June. The latest figure marks a moderation in price pressures, while consumer prices increased by 0.2-percent month-on-month. The decline in annual inflation brings price growth closer to the midpoint of the South African Reserve […]
# Rugby: The Springboks’ laws advisor, Jaco Peyper, backs the four referees appointed for the series against the All Blacks to be fair. The former Test referee says England’s Matthew Carley and Karl Dickson, Nika Amashukeli of Georgia and Angus Gardner of Australia are all experienced, have been very fair over the past year and […]
# The independent non-profit public policy and advocacy organisation Centre for Development and Enterprise, says Johannesburg’s worsening financial, infrastructure and governance crises threaten South Africa’s economic growth. Its report says the city owes creditors 25.2-billion-rand, while infrastructure backlogs run into tens of billions of rand. Johannesburg recorded a 35.9-percent unemployment rate in the second quarter, […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se administrasie het sanksies ingestel teen die president van die Internasionale Strafhof, Tomoko Akane, en ‘n senior verhooradvokaat, Abdoulaye Seye. Sanksies is vroeër ingestel teen nog nege hofamptenare. Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, beskuldig hul van regstreekse betrokkenheid by pogings om amptenare van regerings wat nie […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, vra ‘n dringende gesprek tussen die bestuur en raad van die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit vir Tegnologie en studenteleiers. Gister se brandstigtingsvoorval op die kampus in Bellville het ‘n algehele sluiting veroorsaak en koshuise is ontruim. Dit volg op betogings oor voorgestelde veranderings aan die befondsingsmodel […]
# Sokker: Die kaptein van Spanje se wêreldkampioenspan, Rodri, gaan tot 2030 vir die Spaanse reus Barcelona speel na sy oordrag van die Engelse klub Manchester City bevestig is. Die 30-jarige het volgens berigte ‘n kontrak vir 1,4-miljard-rand gesluit. Rodri, wat die Wêreldbeker se goue bal-toekenning as beste speler ingepalm het, het 196 wedstryde vir […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department made it clear that a suspect arrested in Lenasia South yesterday could not be linked to the recent fatal gang shootings in Westbury. Spokesperson Xolani Figla says the correction follows further investigation, which found the initial connection was a case of mistaken identity. He says the suspect remains in […]
