# Die DA eis aanspreeklikheid ná berigte oor mishandeling en die oorbevolking van psigiatriese pasiënte by die Dr. George Mukhari Akademiese Hospitaal in Tshwane. Die DA se woordvoerder, Madeleine Hicklin, sê pasiënte word ingeprop in sale wat uitmekaar val ten spyte van ‘n voltooide opknappingsplan wat in 2022 ingedien is. Hicklin beklemtoon ernstige personeeltekorte, swak […]
# Die Onderwysdepartement van Gauteng sê die groeiende aanvraag en begrotingbesnoeiings het veroorsaak dat betalings aan die diensverskaffers van sy Uitgebreide Nasionale Skoolvoedingprogram vertraag is. Die woordvoerder van die departement, Steve Mabona, sê die provinsiale verlenging van die program ondersteun kwesbare leerders in skole wat fooie betaal. Hy beklemtoon dat maaltye voortgaan, terwyl gesprekke met […]
# NEHAWU verwelkom die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se tussentydse verslag oor bedrog, korrupsie en manipulasie ter waarde van twee-miljard-rand by die Tembisa-hospitaal. NEHAWU sê die gesteelde geld kon werkers in die voorste linie tydens Covid-19 toegerus het en die openbare gesondheidsinfrastruktuur versterk het. Die vakbond ondersteun die ondersoekeenheid se verwysings na die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag en die […]
# The Industrial Development Corporation is weighing an 8.5-billion-rand bid for control of ArcelorMittal’s South African operations. According to Bloomberg, the deal, including debt repayment, could resolve two-years of talks with government and the global steelmaker. It follows ArcelorMittal’s plan to shut its Newcastle and Vereeniging mills, threatening three-thousand-500 jobs. The IDC may also seek […]
# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union has welcomed the special investigating unit’s interim report exposing two-billion-rand was looted from Tembisa Hospital through fraud, corruption, and bid rigging. NEHAWU says the stolen funds could have equipped frontline workers during Covid-19 and strengthened public health infrastructure. The union supports SIU referrals to the National […]
# The DA says the Gauteng Health Department must take urgent disciplinary action following the Special Investigating Unit’s interim findings on corruption at the Tembisa Hospital. The report exposed three major syndicates that siphoned off over two-billion-rand, including contracts linked to president Cyril Ramaphosa’s nephew Hangwani Morgan Maumela and Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. The party’s Jack […]
# The DA is demanding accountability after reports of abuse and overcrowding of mental health patients at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Tshwane. DA spokesperson, Madeleine Hicklin, says patients are crammed into crumbling wards despite a completed upgrade plan submitted in 2022. Hicklin highlights severe staff shortages, poor infrastructure, and deplorable conditions. She calls […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says rising demand and budget cuts have strained funding, causing delayed payments to service providers in its Extended National School Nutrition Programme. The Department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says the provincial extension supports vulnerable learners in fee-paying schools. He emphasised that meals remain uninterrupted, engagements with providers are ongoing, and a […]
# Die hoof van Misdaad-intelligensie, Dumisani Khumalo, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê die strafregstelsel is geïnfiltreer deur ‘n magtige dwelmkartel bekend as die Groot Vyf. Volgens Khumalo is die kartel gebaseer in Gauteng met netwerke in die Wes-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal, en word verbind aan senior politici en mense in die binnekringe van wetstoepassing. Hy het […]
