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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the provincial government will step in to address service delivery issues in the province that ordinarily fall within the ambit of the local government, including water shortages, pothole repairs, and malfunctioning traffic lights.
South Africa is producing more doctors than ever, but many can’t find jobs in the public sector – even though hospitals need them. The Health Beat team examines options for newly qualified doctors in a country where youth unemployment is at an all-time high and Trump’s funding cuts spell doom and gloom.
The announcement of a new operator to run the South African lottery has been postponed for a further 12 months, creating uncertainty about the continued sale of lottery tickets after the licence of the current operator, Ithuba, ends on 31 May 2025.
Western Cape High Court Judge Mushtak Parker swore under oath that then-Judge President John Hlophe had attacked him in the apparent belief that he had harassed his wife – but, given the chance to explain why he backtracked on those accusations, he has stayed silent.
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy will recommend the worst-performing candidate for the chief executive officer job at South African Airways (SAA) after intervention by Deputy President Paul Mashatile and the ANC’s deployment committee.
The Competition Commission thinks that South Africa should impose a 5% to 10% digital tariff on big tech companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft if they don’t take steps to pay media houses fairly for the content they distribute on their sites.
As the Trump administration moves to freeze foreign aid, halting vital humanitarian health programmes and medical research trials worldwide, Professor Tulio de Oliveira argues that the United States stands to lose far more from this move than its 1% government investment in foreign aid.
Under Mmamoloko Kubayi, the Ministry of Human Settlements spent around R16 million on travel since July last year. This is part of the R107.8 million that 19 of the 32 ministries, as well as the Deputy President Paul Mashatile, have spent on travel since the formation of the government of national unity.
MK Party MP and daughter of party founder and president Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, is embroiled in a disciplinary process with the political party, said deputy secretary-general Nombuso Mkhize at a press briefing in Sandton on Monday.
The defence for fraud and corruption charged former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede has applied to have the court compel the State to allow a whistleblower report around the appointment of Integrity Forensic Solutions admitted as evidence in the trial.