Author: staff
The Stellenbosch University Council is set to meet on Friday after allegations that the final report submitted by the panel that investigated the controversial Wilgenhof men’s residence, was “altered” before it landed on the council’s desk.
The failure of Mogale City’s sewage treatment infrastructure – despite a R300 million cash injection – has had disastrous consequences for those who depend on the river for life. Businesses have shuttered and illness flourishes as thousands of litres of effluent is deliberately pumped into rivers.
The Compeition Commission says it advised the Competition Tribunal to prohibit Sun International’s planned buyout of Peermont as it would reduce the number of national casino operators from three to two, thereby stifling competition in the gaming sector.
For years, chronic power outages have hobbled South Africa. First implemented in 2008, they cost the economy up to R899 million per day, according to central bank estimates, and were a big reason why the ruling ANC lost its majority in elections last June.
Safety campaigns can only work if people think the messaging is relevant to them and choose to change their behaviour. But psychological research shows that many people are overconfident in their driving abilities and think it’s “normal” to drive recklessly and break road laws.
Rise Mzansi has settled into the government of provincial unity (GPU) 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.
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.