The family of five-year-old Michael Komape, who died in a pit toilet in 2014, has been denied justice because no one has been held accountable for his death, the Limpopo High Court heard on Tuesday. There was also no criminal investigation, Section27 lawyer Chris Maleka argued. The human rights organisation[…]
The South African Post Office has finally been given first rights to provide core functions and services in a new hybrid social grant scheme system, Parliament has heard. The Post Office and the South African Social Security Agency have been locked in a months-long deadlock over the details of a[…]
One of the three key witnesses in the deaths of 143 mentally ill patients, suspended Gauteng Mental Health Director Makgabo Manamela is expected to testify when the Life Esidimeni hearings resume in Parktown, Johannesburg on Monday morning. Manamela, former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and suspended Head of Department Barney Selebano[…]
Former President Thabo Mbeki has described a political party he once led as captured. He asked ANC stalwarts, its alliance partners and the country to help liberate the 105 year-old-party. Mbeki, who has spent the past three days attending the ANC’s veterans and stalwarts’ national consultative council, was given a[…]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says exploratory drill work into the Table Mountan Group Aquifer is progressing well. She visited the project in the Steenbras catchment area near Grabouw. Test boreholes are being drilled to help map the way forward as part of the Western Cape’s programme to alleviate[…]
Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus has not shown enough remorse for murdering the SACP leader, Justice Minister Michael Masutha said on Friday. Giving reasons for his refusal to grant Walus parole, shortly after a media briefing in Pretoria, Masutha said paroling the convicted murderer would be pointless, as he “still[…]
The ANC veterans and stalwarts group will on Friday hold their much-awaited National Consultative Conference at Johannesburg’s Constitutional Hill, with more than 700 people expected to attend. The group has been calling for President Jacob Zuma’s removal from office after the ANC’s loss of three metro municipalities, the Nkandla saga[…]
As the world marks World Premature Day, South Africa has seen an increase in the number of premature babies living longer now compared to a decade ago. That’s according to Doctor Natasha Rhoda, who is a Neonatologist at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town. She’s cited the[…]
Justice Minister Michael Masutha will on Friday announce his decision on whether or not Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus will be released on parole. Masutha has called a press briefing where he will announce his decision on Walus’ parole application. This follows a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling in August[…]
President Jacob Zuma, in his capacity as SADC chairperson, has called an urgent meeting to discuss the unfolding political and security situation in Zimbabwe. The meeting follows hot on the heels of what is being described as a coup in Zimbabwe after the Zimbabwean Defence Force put Zimbabwean President Robert[…]
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