FILE: Mpumalanga Emergency Medical Service’s ambulance. KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, says urgent partnerships are needed to protect emergency medical workers against criminals. Speaking at Wentworth Hospital, Simelane unveiled 44 new ambulances worth R86 million. She says the rollout forms part of a broader strategy to strengthen emergency medical services in high-risk areas especially this…
Source: Wikipedia. Old Mutual is set to transform mobile connectivity in the lower segment market by providing customers with unparallelled value in data packages. “The launch of the MVNO service which will be known as Old Mutual Connect is a part of our Integrated Financial Services (IFS) strategy to deliver tangible value-added services to our…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has bemoaned the resurgence of the parallel market, which he says is threatening the recently introduced Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), adding that corrective measures will be instituted to protect Zimbabweans from economic disruption. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last Friday devalued the ZiG to 24,3 per United States dollar…
Oil-rich shale region of the Permian Basin in Texas. Oil prices fell on Tuesday even as a massive winter storm hit crude production and affected refineries on the US Gulf Coast. Brent crude futures fell 28 cents or 0.4% to $65.31 a barrel at 0145 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $60.39 a…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi at the passing out ceremony for new police constables All eyes will be on KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, as the first witness in the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday. The commission will investigate allegations of interference and corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system. During a media conference…
[File Image]: The scene of the Marikana shooting on 16 August 2012. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) says all is set to mark the 13 years since 34 mineworkers were gunned down by police in Marikana tomorrow (16 August). The mineworkers had gathered at the infamous Marikana koppie, demanding R12,500 monthly salary…
SIU branded vehicle. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been granted permission to expand its scope of investigations into alleged corruption by the National Lottery Commission (NLC). This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed an amendment of the NLC Proclamation, which significantly broadens the scope of the SIU’s ongoing probe. The proclamation amends the initial…
A gun with bullets seen at a police station. 1 minute Two suspects have been wounded in a shootout with the police on the N2 highway in Cape Town, near the R300 bridge towards Strand. Police spokesperson, Malcolm Pojie, says officers gave chase after spotting two suspicious vehicles. He says one of the vehicles had…
Mandrax tablets Two suspects including a Nigerian national have been arrested in Makhaza in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats, for dealing in drugs. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says members of the Makhaza anti-hijacking team in collaboration with Crime Intelligence, acted on information about premises where drugs were recently delivered. Swartbooi says members searched the place…
Aerial view of the University of Johannesburg. 2 minutes Two students from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Soweto campus are still at large following the murder of a learner. Two other students were arrested yesterday and will appear in court soon. On Tuesday, the students who had been drinking allegedly stopped a school bus and…
