CoGTA says the deficit shortage of Environmental Health Practitioners stands at 4450 Municipalities across the country have a shortage of over 4000 Environmental Health Practitioners (EHP) and this is one of the areas that is contributing to the spread of foodborne diseases. This is because many municipalities do not have the capacity to monitor food…
FROM LEFT: Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs and Devolution minister Marian Chombo hands over the 2kVA solar equipment to cycling hero Wilson Dube (83), while Exide Batteries Zimbabwe operations manager Pamela Mugara looks on yesterday LOCAL cycling hero Wilson Dube (83) shed tears of joy after his recognition during yesterday’s Nedbank Tour de Great Dyke flagging-off…
Livestock seen in a kraal. Some livestock farmers in Niani in Limpopo along the border with Zimbabwe say they are concerned about the dilapidated redline fence and that it is not fixed. The fence serves as a disease control mechanism to protect livestock from potential diseases. Farmers say the broken fence makes their livestock susceptible…
1 minute Power entity Centlec has switched off the lights of some government entities in the Free State for defaulting on payment arrangements of about R1.3 billion. The Provincial department of Public Works Head of Department, Mosa Masimene says there’s been constant communication with Centlec and they’ve been paying whatever amount they have in their…
Robert Sobukwe The changing of geographical names of places and towns continues to evoke strong emotions around South Africa. Just this week, 21 name changes and name registrations from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal were approved, following recommendations from the South African Geographical Names Council. The changes are still to be gazetted and the new…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa ZIMBABWE’S exports have increased to US$4,56 billion during the period January to August 2024, up by 1,8% from the US$4,48 billion recorded during the same period last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Officially opening of the Exporters’ Conference in Bulawayo yesterday held under the theme: Qala, Tanga, Start, Mnangagwa said the…
FILE| ANC supporters holding flags. The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West says it is sharpening its focus on service delivery as part of efforts to improve governance and organisational readiness in the province. The party held its Extended Provincial Executive Committee Lekgotla in Klerksdorp, which ended on Saturday. Party leaders have met…
Protestors lie down during a moment of silence in honour of those who lost their lives through GBV. More than 1000 people from all walks of life, united in their call to end gender-based violence (GBV), have gathered at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Men and women, young and old, have come together to say…
Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. 2 minutes Lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda is expected to be back on the stand when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria today. Last week, Gininda told the court that in several witness statements, the accused, Muzi Sibiya and Bongani Ntanzi, were named as possible suspects in Meyiwa’s murder Meyiwa was murdered in Vosloorus on…
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee Chairperson Soviet Lekganyane. Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations by the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will be meeting in Cape Town on Monday. Mkhwanazi made wide-ranging allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. The meeting will discuss housekeeping issues, including questions to President Cyril…
