The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) said that this would have a devastating impact on the future growth of the health profession, as it may deter people from wanting to become doctors. The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) accused the national Department of Health (DOH) of failing to fulfill its commitment […]
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi urged residents who could afford to pay for services to do so. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said that Soweto’s services debt could not simply be written off. He urged residents who could afford to pay for services to do so. During his visit to Zola 3 in Soweto, Lesufi addressed the […]
The UCT Academics’ Union said that the institution’s 3% pay rise offer was an insult. Academic staff at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are preparing to down tools this week over a wage dispute. The Academics’ Union members are demanding a 6% increase, double what the university is offering. As tertiary institutions prepare to […]
Delivering his closing address at the African National Congress (ANC)’s Free State conference in Mangaung on Sunday, the president said that businesses and households were battling. President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he had asked Eskom not to implement the power tariff increase of 18.65% granted by Nersa earlier this month. He was delivering his closing […]
Agri Northern Cape stressed that Eskom’s continuing trend of rolling power cuts was putting severe strain on farmers’ ability to irrigate crops. Agri Northern Cape says farmers desperately need more electricity to stave off a disaster in the region’s agricultural food production. The non-profit organisation stressed that Eskom’s continuing trend of rolling power cuts was […]
Not In My Name International said that power utility Eskom’s recent electricity tariff increase was a way to make South Africans pay for its failures. Civil society organisation, Not In My Name International (Nimni), is urging the government to declare load shedding a national state of disaster. The organisation said that power utility Eskom’s recent […]
Officials from the Hantam Local Municipality said that reservoirs there were also without water. The Karee Dam in Calvinia in the Northern Cape has run dry, again. Officials from the Hantam Local Municipality said that reservoirs there were also without water. The town has been plagued by a severe drought and low rainfall over the […]
The country has seen high levels of power cuts over the past few months, with businesses closing and the economy at risk. Government has called for calm regarding load shedding, saying that it was confident that the situation was being dealt with. Civil society organisation, Not In My Name International, is leading a march against […]
The department said the disease was highly transmissible in spaces with a large group of children, and could spread easily at schools. The Gauteng Department of Health says it plans to vaccinate 95% of children in the province against measles within the next 30 days. The disease was declared an outbreak by the National Institute […]
The 18-year-old was killed in a gun attack in Eastridge yesterday. Cape Town police said they were investigating the murder of a Mitchells Plain teen who started matric this week. The 18-year-old was killed in a gun attack in Eastridge on Thursday. He sustained several bullet wounds. “Police members attended a complaint on Thursday, upon […]