# Transport minister Barbara Creecy has confirmed that a report on the conduct of suspended Air Traffic Navigation Services CEO, Nozipho Mdawe, is expected within four to six weeks. Mdawe was placed under investigation following navigation system failures that caused flight delays in December 2024. In addition, she emphasised plans to alleviate staff shortages:
# The DA has opened the first round of applications for candidates wishing to be considered to stand as mayoral candidates, in the upcoming Local Government Election. Applicants can apply as candidates for Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Mangaung and should please strive to get their applications in by 31 March 2025. After this first round, […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta sê Noordwes se LUR vir Onderwys, Viola Motsumi, moet haar afwesigheid van ‘n ondersoek van die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie verduidelik. Sy het besluit om eerder die Nasionale Spesiale Olimpiese Spele in Italië by te woon. Suid-Afrika se ses atlete is almal van Gauteng. Die kommissie se ondersoek is gerig op die […]
# The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, supported by the Bertha Centre, will launch a bail fund pilot to assist detainees unable to afford bail. Over two-thousand-600 awaiting-trial prisoners remain behind bars due to bail under one-thousand-rand. Judge Edwin Cameron told Newzroom Afrika that the fund aims to address poverty-driven detention and overcrowding. He emphasised […]
# Die DA in Gauteng het die provinsiale regering veroordeel omdat hy miljoene rand op Telkom-landlyne mors en nie oorskakel na kostebesparende internetprotokol-telefone nie. ʼn Oudit deur die Departement van e-Regering het onthul die gebruik van IP-telefone kan groot gebruikers soos die Departemente van Gesondheid- en van Onderwys jaarliks miljoene rand spaar. Michael Waters van […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunisteparty wens die Palestynse aktivis Leila Khaled vinnige beterskap toe. Die 80-jarige is vroeg Sondagoggend na die hospitaal gehaas nadat sy ‘n beroerte gehad het. Die SAKP se woordvoerder, Hlengiwe Nkonyane, sê dit het gebeur terwyl die Palestyne steeds onder erge Israelse geweld ly met meedoënlose bomaanvalle, uitsettings en massamoorde wat onskuldige […]
# The DA in Gauteng has slammed the provincial government for wasting money on Telkom landlines instead of switching to cost-saving Voice over Internet Protocol. An audit by the Department of e-Government revealed that using Voice over Internet Protocol could save big spenders including the Health and Education Departments millions of rand annually. DA’s, Michael […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says North West Education MEC Viola Motsumi must explain her absence from the South African Human Rights Commission inquiry. The MEC opted to attend the National Special Olympics in Italy. Team South Africa was represented by six athletes who were all from Gauteng. The commission’s inquiry was investigating the dire state […]
# The South African Communist Party has wished Palestinian activist, Leila Khaled, a speedy recovery. The 80-year-old was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Sunday after suffering a stroke. The SACP’s spokesperson, Hlengiwe Nkonyane, says this comes at a time when the Palestinian people are enduring a continuation of brutal Israeli violence, with relentless […]
