Mpumalanga health defends salaries for research office
The Mpumalanga Department of Health has defended the R2.1-million paid to staff in its research unit, saying the money was not spent on research projects that failed... Read more.
R1.7bn in municipal pension deductions not paid to workers’ funds: Godongwana
Municipalities across South Africa have failed to pay R1.7-billion deducted from workers’ salaries into their pension funds, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana... Read more.
MPs to police health reforms after Ombud report on 6 deceased doctors
Parliament has signalled that the release of the Health Ombud’s investigation into the deaths of six healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) will not... Read more.
Questions swirl after Mpumalanga uncle, nephew die from spaza biscuits
A Mpumalanga community already gripped by tensions over illegal immigration has been plunged into mourning after a four-year-old boy and his uncle died after allegedly... Read more.
ATM wants parly to probe cross-border medicine smuggling
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on Parliament to urgently investigate the alleged theft and illegal export of medicines from South Africa’s... Read more.
Treasury warns govt departments to pay municipal bills or face funding freeze
National Treasury has warned that national and provincial government departments could soon face the same financial sanctions imposed on municipalities, as it intensifies... Read more.
Mixed reactions as seven ex-MECs return to power in Mpumalanga
The return of some of Mpumalanga’s most recognisable political figures to positions of influence has reopened an old debate about experience versus recycling,... Read more.
DA-led Cape Town municipality flagged for failing township residents
The Democratic Alliance (DA)-led City of Cape Town (CoCT) local municipality has been found by Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to have failed to progressively... Read more.
Africa’s richest city hit as National Treasury freezes funding for 69 municipalities
The City of Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic engine, is among 69 municipalities whose July equitable share transfers have been temporarily withheld by... Read more.
July 6 deserves to be a public holiday
In any normal democracy, July 6 should be a holiday. Just like Americans light fireworks every July 4 to celebrate the birth of their republic, South Africans should... Read more.
