# Israel’s Defence minister Israel Katz says the country would continue to block humanitarian aid from entering the war-battered Gaza Strip, where intense aerial and ground assaults have resumed. He says blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population. Earlier the UN […]
# Remedial work is in full swing at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital as the Gauteng Health Department marks four years since a fire damaged parts of the facility. The department has announced a planned shutdown of the medical gas supply today to allow for demolition work. The department’s spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says patients […]
# Build One South Africa says it is outraged by the revelation that over 5.2-million-rand earmarked for school infrastructure has been misappropriated in the Eastern Cape. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says according to Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube’s reply in Parliament, the misappropriated funds were part of the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant and were misused […]
# The Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is facing an urgent court challenge after refusing to assist a 15-year-old Zimbabwean girl in need of a liver transplant. Diagnosed with auto-immune hepatitis, her mother says the hospital demanded valid documents before treatment. Human rights lawyer Simba Chitando calls it a blatantly xenophobic act as the teenager’s condition continues […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the Border Management Authority and the Department of Home Affairs to immediately pause the rollout of the body-worn camera policy and initiate a transparent and inclusive consultation process. The union is urging the BMA to engage in genuine dialogue with organised labour to co-develop a policy that is ethical, lawful, […]
# The chairperson of the Tshwane Road and Transport Section 79 Oversight Committee, Ngoako Seanego has condemned the social media posts of the city ward councillor leading community members in planting the trees in the middle of the road as a form of protest. Seanego says this form of expression constitutes vandalism. He says they are aware of the […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy gaan voort om in die Uitgebreide Openbare Werkeprogram te belê wat na verwagting in die 2025/26-boekjaar een-duisend-en 34 werksgeleenthede sal skep. Die program skep werksgeleenthede vir werkloses. Die metro het talle beheermaatreëls vir goeie regering en deursigtigheid ingestel om seker te maak slegs wettig-aangestelde en gekontrakteerde werkers van die […]
# RISE Mzansi se leier, Songezo Zibi, lei vanaand ʼn informele inligtingsvergadering en bespreking oor die voortgaande begrotingsproses en die regering van nasionale eenheid. Die party se woordvoerder, Mabine Seabe, sê Zibi sal verduidelik waarom RISE Mzansi die aanvaarding van die fiskale raamwerk ondersteun. Seabe sê hy sal ook praat oor positiewe aspekte van die […]
# Balwin Properties het ‘n lening van een-miljard-rand van die Internasionale Finansieringskorporasie verkry om meer as 14-duisend-500 bekostigbare, omgewingsvriendelike huise in Mooikloof Smart City in Tshwane op te rig. Die projek, wat deel is van die Presidensiële Strategiese Inisiatief, sal werkskepping en toegang tot behuising ‘n hupstoot gee. Die woonstelle sal aan groen boustandaarde voldoen […]
