Some members of the construction industry say more than R100 billion has been lost due to extortion. This emerged at the annual Master Builders South Africa 2023 Congress in Cape Town. The industry says it is grappling with a number of factors such as the decline in economic growth in[…]
The Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says he plans to institute a Committee of Inquiry into the cause of the fire at a building in the Johannesburg CBD. More than 70 including 12 children were killed in the fire. The fire broke out in the hijacked five-storey building in Marshalltown on Thursday[…]
An arson attack on Saturday night led to six trucks being set alight on Van Reenen’s Pass, which caused the closure of the N3 toll route. The attackers fled the scene. The drivers managed to escape unhurt. “All authorities and emergency services are on scene. They have secured the area,[…]
Government’s attempt to muzzle doctors is aimed at preventing the truth about conditions at state hospitals reaching the public, says the SA Medical Association (Sama), speaking out against the precautionary suspension of Dr Tim de Maayer from the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. De Maayer was suspended after criticising[…]
Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla on Monday called for calm and vigilance after government detected four cases of measles in Gauteng. These cases were found during routine surveillance activities aimed at detecting, investigating and responding to suspected cases of this vaccine-preventable disease. The department of health said in the last[…]
NATIONAL The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will launch an investigation into the violence that swept across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July. Among other things, the commission said on Friday it would examine the effectiveness of the state, particularly the police and security cluster as a whole, in maintaining public[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the violence that unfolded in South Africa in the past week had been instigated. He says the government will not allow anarchy and mayhem to prevail. Ramaphosa says recent looting and vandalism incidents had nothing to do with ethnic mobilisation. Unrest sparked last weekend when protestors[…]
The situation is tense in many parts of Johannesburg where sporadic incidents of violent protests and looting have been reported. Police say more officers have been deployed to Maimai Hostel in Johannesburg and they are ready for Monday’s Constitutional Court hearing of former president Jacob Zuma’s rescission application. Gauteng Acting[…]
It has been confirmed the coronavirus Delta variant is dominant in Gauteng, accounting for 53% of infections, and is quickly taking over in the rest of the country and accounting for 45% of infections. Preliminary data suggests this variant can cause more severe disease. This “emphasises the need for all[…]
Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Professor Mosa Moshabela, says imposing stricter lockdown restrictions in Gauteng won’t help reduce the number of COVID-19 infections. Premier David Makhura indicated on Monday that a stricter lockdown could be announced soon as the number of new cases and hospitalisations continue to[…]
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