Axed Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku has lashed out at an SIU report that got him sacked, describing it as “a smoking gun in a movie of smoke and mirrors”. Masuku was fired by his boss, Gauteng premier David Makhura on Friday, after a…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has compared those linked to Covid-19 personal protective equipment corruption to murderers. Ramaphosa, who said this while addressing members of the SA National Editors Forum on Wednesday evening, spoke as…
Cinema company Ster-Kinekor has announced that it will start reopening its cinemas around the country on August 28. Cinemas in South Africa have been closed since March 27 and the company said the reopening will be conducted in a phased…
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) is investigating 307 cases of possible tax fraud and other irregularities with a revenue loss of close to R300m involving companies that recently benefited from government personal protective equipment (PPE)…
He has been dead for two years, and yet an East London businessman scored a personal protective equipment tender worth almost R1m from the Eastern Cape health department. Odwa KK Matshaya’s family was stunned by the appearance of the dead…
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing 658 cases of possible corruption related to government procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) worth more than R5bn. This was disclosed by SIU head advocate Andy Mothibi…
Allies of ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and an unregistered local car wash and shisa nyama have landed lucrative personal protective equipment tenders in the Free State, reports City Press. The publication reported on Sunday that it…
The KwaZulu-Natal department of social development says it has opened a criminal case and suspended a number of officials over the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as blankets. This follows a “damning forensic”…
Union wants outsourcing stopped and workers integrated with health department The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers Union says about 28,000 community health workers were to down tools across the country on Friday. It’s…
The Pretoria high court on Wednesday dismissed an application by the Educators’ Union of South Africa (Eusa) to stop schools from reopening. Union spokesperson Kabelo Mahlobogwane said the court found that there was no urgency in the…
The private health-care system seems to be buckling under the pressure as Covid-19 cases rise in the province, and reports of a shortage of beds at Life St Dominic’s have surfaced. According to three nurses who work at the hospital, a…
A dispute between unions and management at Livingstone and Provincial hospitals in Port Elizabeth has now trickled down to affect patients‚ with some turned away over the past few days. A doctor at the Provincial Hospital‚ who asked not…
Eastern Cape schools that do not meet the department of education’s standard for water and sanitation will not reopen on Monday. This includes schools that have not received personal protective equipment (PPE) ahead of grade 7 and 12…
SMMEs in parts of the OR Tambo district have vowed to stop “outside” companies from delivering personal protective equipment (PPEs), hand sanitisers and water tanks to 600 schools in the region until their own services are used. A truck…
The rural community around Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape have come together to ensure that their best-performing school‚ Nyanga Senior Secondary‚ is ready for the reopening of schools next week. A group of residents literally rolled up their…
