Steve Biko Academic Hospital entrance. Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria is currently experiencing temporary delays in surgical services after its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems malfunctioned. The Gauteng Department of Health says the failure has affected theatre operations but contingency measures, including the use of external theatres and on-site contractors, have been put in place to…
Emfuleni Municipality Mayor Sipho Radebe. The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) says a move to force Emfuleni Municipality Mayor Sipho Radebe to step down will further cause tensions within the distressed municipality. The party was reacting to reports that the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng allegedly asked Radebe to resign. It reportedly cited the municipality’s ongoing financial…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa react as the match was stopped due to racist chants Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe said Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni should be banned from the Champions League after the Argentine was accused of directing a racist slur at Vinicius Jr during the Spanish side’s 1-0 playoff first-leg win on Tuesday….
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube speaking at an event. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says the Government of National Unity (GNU) is proving that political parties can work together to stabilise the country, grow the economy and create jobs. She was speaking during the State of the Nation Address debate under way in Parliament. Gwarube…
Baggage reclaim and transfers terminals seen at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Four of the 19 men recruited to go and fight in a war between Russia and Ukraine have landed at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. They left the country last year under the pretext that they are going for…
[File] Job seekers standing outside a construction site The unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape rose by 1.3 percentage points to 42.5% in the fourth quarter of last year. The figures were released during the Quarterly Labour Force Survey briefing by Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke. Some 30 000 jobs were lost in the province over the…
Moroadi Cholota at the High Court in Bloemfontein. Moroadi Cholota’s legal representatives say they are shocked by the Free State High Court decision to dismiss her bid challenging the court’s jurisdiction to try her. The court dismissed four grounds Cholota mounted against the state, finding that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that it did not misrepresent facts when it requested…
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya testifying at the Madlanga Commission. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya has testified that National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola did not have an objection to the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) in KwaZulu-Natal. Sibiya has been accused of having ulterior motives…
The newly appointed Ekurhuleni Mayoral Committee. Political Analyst Bheki Mngomezulu says the decision by Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza to reshuffle his Mayoral Committee was strategically aimed at weakening the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the metro. On Wednesday, seven of the 10 newly appointed MMCs were officially sworn at the OR Tambo Government Precinct in…
Gauteng Education officials visit Grade 5 learner, Neo Mokgoatsane’s family in Tembisa. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has vowed to find out what happened to the deceased Grade 5 learner, Neo Mokgoatsane, from Reagile Primary School in Tembisa. Reagile reportedly died on Monday 16 February after a goalpost fell on him while he was playing…
