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The Department of Health told Parliament it has no system to track Grade R learners referred for eye, hearing, dental, speech or mental health care after…
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
Police in Limpopo arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly photographing his marked ballot paper at a Lulekani voting station, and are searching for a second…
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
The Department of Health told Parliament that public hospitals face R50 billion in medical negligence claims, down from R58 billion a year earlier.
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
Pretoria says it has offered more than enough concessions and accuses Washington of raising new issues mid-negotiation, after the US gave notice it will end…
By Mashudu Sadike
South Africa
A health official told Parliament that unemployed doctors are "louder" than other jobless health workers and their salaries strain provincial budgets.
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
The IEC says photographing a marked ballot is a criminal offence and booths must shield voters' choices, as special voting ends ahead of Wednesday's poll.
By Mashudu Sadike
South Africa
The Mpumalanga High Court has granted the Hawks a preservation order over an Opel Corsa allegedly fitted with secret compartments hiding 59 parcels of dagga.
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
Police say one man was caught removing election posters in Mankweng and another was arrested after a voter's party T-shirt was burnt in Sekhukhune.
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
The High Court has granted a preservation order against an Opel Corsa Utility allegedly fitted with secret compartments hiding 59 parcels of dagga.
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
By Mashudu Sadike
South Africa
Modimolle Regional Court convicts Imanuwela David and Froliana Joseph over the 2020 theft of US$580,000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm, while a third…
By Mashudu Sadike
South Africa
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has set aside Minister Parks Tau's award of the national lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings.
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
The trial of two people accused of murdering DJ Warras will begin in the Johannesburg High Court on February 22, 2027.
By Ngwako Malatji
South Africa
The Auditor-General told the NCOP on 28 October it will act on falsified documents at Correctional Services if the department fails to, after the documents…
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
The former Bosasa COO says the R1.66 billion order reflects contracts awarded to the company, not money he personally received.
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
The party says the IEC's blaming its printing contractor does not absolve it after 217 voting districts in the City of Cape Town could not open on time.
By Mashudu Sadike
South Africa
The commission's inquiry found Gauteng's water failures stem from ageing infrastructure and poor municipal performance, not a shortage of water.
By Justine Dumont
South Africa
The Gauteng High Court has ordered former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi to pay the State more than R1.66 billion in proceeds linked to corruption.
By Khaza Mathebula
South Africa
In its first standalone audit, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services met only 57% of its targets and could not prove how many inmate complaints…
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
A senior Department of Health official told Parliament that foreign nationals were overwhelming neonatal ICUs but offered no figures, and the department's own…
By Zama Nteyi