# The ANC in Ekurhuleni has criticised the EFF for joining forces with the DA and the Freedom Front Plus to oppose the 71-billion-rand 2026/2027 budget. During an extraordinary council meeting yesterday, the budget failed to secure the required support, with 96 councillors voting in favour and 105 against. The ANC says that the parties […]
# The DA says both the Health Ombud and Wits University must urgently intervene to restore proper management and accountability at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. The party has raised concerns about heart surgery outcomes at the hospital, pointing to high mortality and complication rates as well as alleged management and training failures in […]
# The Gauteng Department of Community Safety has noted with serious concern the arrest of two traffic wardens accused of extortion and corruption in Benoni. It is alleged they left their duty posts, used a vehicle with false number plates, and demanded four-thousand-rand from a domestic worker to avoid arrest. The department’s Ofentse Morwane says […]
# AfriForum has warned the City of Tshwane that it will pursue contempt of court action if schools continue to have their electricity cut off over unpaid property rates. A court order issued last month bars the municipality from cutting power to schools. AfriForum’s Alana Bailey says another school was briefly cut off this week, […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid is erg bekommerd oor die inhegtenisneming van twee verkeersbeamptes wat van afpersing en korrupsie in Benoni beskuldig word. Daar word beweer hulle het hul diensposte verlaat , ‘n voertuig met vals nommerplate gebruik en vier-duisend-rand van ‘n huiswerker geëis om inhegtenisneming te vermy. Ofentse Morwane van die departement sê […]
# AfriForum het die Stad Tshwane gewaarsku dat hulle ‘n saak van minagting van die hof aanhangig gaan maak indien skole se elektrisiteit steeds afgesny weens onbetaalde eiendomsbelasting. ‘n Hofbevel wat verlede maand uitgereik is, verbied die munisipaliteit om krag na skole af te sny. Alana Bailey van AfriForum sê nog ‘n skool is hierdie […]
# Die DA sê die Gesondheidsombud asook Wits Universiteit moet dringend ingryp om behoorlike bestuur en aanspreeklikheid by die Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Akademiese Hospitaal af te dwing. Die party het kommer uitgespreek oor die afloop van hartoperasies by die hospitaal, en wys op hoë sterfte- en komplikasiesyfers, asook beweerde bestuurs- en opleidingsmislukkings in die kardiotorakale […]
# Sakeleiers verklaar dat Johannesburg se bestuurs- en finansiële krisis ‘n nasionale bron van ekonomiese kommer geword het wat dringende optrede vereis. Business Leadership South Africa, Business for South Africa en Business Unity South Africa waarsku die stad, wat bykans 16-persent tot Suid-Afrika se bruto-binnelandse produk bydra, het ernstige uitdagings, met vervallende infrastruktuur, stygende skuld […]
# Business leaders state Johannesburg’s governance and financial crisis have become a national economic concern that requires urgent action. Business Leadership South Africa, Business for South Africa and Business Unity South Africa warn that the city, which contributes around 16-percent of South Africa’s gross domestic product, is in severe distress, with declining infrastructure, rising debt, […]
