Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province has decided to reshuffle some heads of departments and remove others from their responsibilities. This following a series of issues related to under-expenditure and under-performance in various departments across the province. Lesufi says the decision also follows audit outcomes, which have revealed that some…
Broken windscreen of a car seen after a vehicle accident. The Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) in KwaZulu-Natal says two minors between the ages of three and 13 were among the five people killed in a head-on collision near Bergville on Sunday morning. RTI Spokesperson Sindi Msimang says three other passengers sustained serious injuries and were…
Director of SETA support & learnership at the Department of Higher Education, Nomsa Gumbi says students must get their stipend timeously. The Department of Higher Education says it is monitoring all 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) in the country. The SETAs are aimed at bridging the skills gap in the country. Several beneficiaries…
A hospital ward. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says through its preliminary investigations, it has uncovered systemic human rights violations at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital and the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley. The investigation was prompted by a report from the Health Ombudsman, which revealed alarming systemic failures at both…
Gavel in a court room. Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a woman and a child who were reported missing in May, appeared before the Vuwani Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on Friday. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says they have discovered the bodies of the mother and her daughter who are believed to…
[FILE IMAGE]: Scholar transport. A scholar transport operator has been suspended by the Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape, after a bullying incident occurred in the bus he used to ferry learners. The incident relates to a video where an 18-year-old learner from David Mama Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane is seen being assaulted…
The all-woman Operation Basadi has already racked up to R23000 worth of traffic fines An all-women South African Police Service (SAPS) operation is under way in Kraaifontein, in the Western Cape. #sapsWC On 01/08, #OperationBasadi kicked off at #SAPS Kraaifontein. Female officers from Kraaifontein, neighbouring stations & Western Cape Head Office led the operation. ✅…
The Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament’s appointment process for gender commissioners failed to meet public participation requirements. Parliament says it respects the Constitutional Court’s ruling which invalidates the process to appoint five candidates to serve on the Commission for Gender Equality. The court ruled that Parliament failed to give public participation reasonable time in the…
SANDF soldiers. The South African National Defense Force has warned the public not to share or spread a fake video, purporting to feature a senior SANDF commander inciting members of the military to engage in an illegal strike. The video has been labelled as a serious threat to national security and public trust. In a…
File Image: Broken glasses on the ground following car crash. Nine people have been killed in two separate crashes in two provinces in the past 24 hours. In the first crash, five people were killed in a collision between two vehicles in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday morning and one of the vehicles caught fire during…
