Author: staff

The stay-at-home Eastern Cape head of the department (HoD) of public works and infrastructure, Thandolwethu Manda, has failed twice in two weeks in the Bhisho High Court to muzzle Asanda Ngcayi, the former colleague who accused him of rape and sexual harassment.

For three Eastern Cape mothers, tending to their sick children in a major public hospital turned into a nightmare of fighting off cockroaches, walking over their babies, chasing away rats, and walking ankle-deep through water filled with sewage.

The Office of the Health Ombud handles thousands of complaints around South Africa’s beleaguered healthcare system every year. And it does this from a workspace described as “deplorable” and “simply not fit for human habitation” in its 2023/24 annual report.

The process, or lack thereof, around the suspensions of two high-ranking officials at NSFAS have pitted Department of Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane and NSFAS administrator, Freeman Nomvalo, against one another.

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms with large amounts of small hail and flooding expected in the south-eastern parts of Mpumalanga on Saturday, as well as damaging winds along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and East London.

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu expressed his anger on Friday over the rape and murder of Amantle Samane, six. The girl’s alleged killer, 24, made his first appearance in a packed Protea Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where he said he would bring an application for bail.

Murder accused Gert van der Westhuizen’s life was a mess, he was under the impression that he would be a State witness, he lost his cellphone and confused court dates. These were the reasons given by Van der Westhuizen to justify why he breached his bail conditions and failed to appear in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 7 October.

Foschini owner TFG on Friday announced the acquisition of UK-based fashion and lifestyle retailer, White Stuff, a move that it says will allow it to create a unified platform in the country, largely mirroring its platform structure in SA and Australia.

Rise Mzansi has over the past few months settled in the minority government in Gauteng, building a relationship with Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and other parties in the minority government, but the party will not remain in the partnership at all costs.

In one month, millions of prepaid electricity meters in South Africa are vulnerable to going dark from a date rollover issue. The possibility of wide-scale meter fraud means it’s not clear how many good paying customers could be affected.