Hammanskraal families affected by the cholera outbreak will take legal action against the government for the deaths of their loved ones. The families will tackle this with assistance from legal representatives in the area. One of the…
Prominent South Africans including three political parties, a trade union and business owners want government to stabilise the supply of electricity by the end of this week or face legal action for contravening its duty to provide energy.…
The government is working on a scheme to develop six, one-stop border posts with its neighbours to ensure greater efficiency in the movement of goods and people. Priority will be given to the Beitbridge border post connecting SA and…
The government has announced it will lessen the financial burden on prospective employees who seek work opportunities in the public sector. Here is what you need to know: End to three-month certified documents period After numerous…
OVER 100 medals were donated by Vanguard Primary School of Cape Town to the Frere Hospital’s paediatric ward. The medals are collected and awarded to young patients in recognition of their courage when undergoing procedures and…
Discovery Health CEO Jonathan Broomberg has welcomed the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill that could shake up healthcare in South Africa. Broomberg said the bill was a step in the right direction for universal healthcare in…
By Bongani Fuzile A controversial housing project in Ilitha township southwest of Berlin, which is meant to replace over 200 decaying wooden homes built in the 1970s by the Ciskei homeland government, is now three years past its deadline.…
By Nomahlubi Jordaan Former finance minister Trevor Manuel says those implicated in the KPMG scandal should go to jail. “People should go to jail because of how they have been covered and how this rot was allowed to continue in the way…
BY JEFF WICKS AND LWANDILE BHENGU Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini has lashed out at the provincial government, accusing it of failing to pay him what he deserves. He was speaking at a King Shaka commemoration in Stanger, north of Durban, on…
By Katharine Child The Independent Labour Caucus (ILC)‚ a collection of 12 unions‚ is objecting to the possible use of state employees’ pension funds to bail out South African Airways. SAA owes R6.8 billion to banks‚ payable at the end of…
By Justice Malala Welcome to the dirty war. Welcome to the age of untruths, half-truths, fake news, manufactured scandal, smear, slander and lies. Welcome to South Africa as the weak, dying governing party, the once-glorious ANC,…
BY BAFANA NZIMANDE Unfinished business: State still has to settle more than 600 claims stemming from massacre The government has paid R3.9-million to a family that claimed loss of support as a result of a death in the 2012 Marikana…
The Eastern Cape Transport Department has failed to secure available extra funding to bus more than 29 000 Eastern Cape pupils when schools reopen on Monday. These thousands of pupils had not been budgeted for, although they qualified for…
Though many boys have died in the past, the government promotes the practice as key in the fight against HIV/Aids Tens of thousands of young boys take part in traditional initiation ceremonies each year, with circumcision being performed…
OVER the course of the last month, Nacosa have been conducting and facilitating Consultative Forum meetings (CFMs) throughout the Eastern Cape, including the Buffalo City district. Dedicated to “turning the tide on HIV/AIDS and TB, Nacosa…
