Author: Gomolemo Mothomogolo
The Gauteng Department of Health is calling on parents and guardians to get children immunized following new cases of measles in the province. The Gauteng Province however said there have been 15 confirmed measles cases since the declaration of a national measles outbreak in October 2022. According to the department, the latest measles case was reported on 10 January in Tembisa, 8 cases from Ekurhuleni district, 2 from Johannesburg district, 4 from Tshwane district and 1 case from West Rand District and there was no case in Sedibeng. The department spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, said the province has launched a vaccination…
Axed ActionSA Tshwane leader, Abel Tau plans to fight back after his political career ended when his former party axed him after he was accused of sexual assault by a family friend last year. ActionSA terminated Tau’s membership in November citing that he had brought the party into disrepute. Tau claimed that they were people who tried to extort money from him but he refused to divulge details about the amounts involved or who was behind the allegations saying he will reveal all once the infestation has been completed.. He also wants the High court to review and set aside…
A 31-year-old Constable is the first woman to complete the South African Police Service (SAPS) Special Task Force Selection Training Programme (STF) since it was established in 1976. According to the SAPS the woman has been serving in the police force for 11 years and she became the only officer to successfully complete the STF without any amendments to the training to try and accommodate women. The 31-year-old, whose identity cannot be revealed for security reasons, is now the only female police officer currently serving as an operational member. She is from the Western Cape and she said her achievement…
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is yet to find schools for 571 Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners for the 2023 academic year which started on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the department said there were 236 grade 1 and 1 158 grade 8 learners still waiting to start schooling. On Friday, the department said it is working on placing 97 Grade 1 and 474 Grade 8 pupils that still haven’t been placed in schools.. The GDE spokesperson, Steve Mabona said the department is also building satellite schools to increase school capacity in high pressure areas in the Metros. “Accordingly,…
The City of Tshwane has expressed disappointment with the electricity tariff hike saying it will be detrimental to “residents and businesses, and the financial sustainability of the City” warning that it will increase the cost of doing business in the city. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa( Nersa) granted Eskom an 18.65% increase which will be effective from 1 April this year. “The City has always been opposed to Eskom’s exorbitant price increases simply because our residents cannot afford them, especially now that we have been plunged into darkness with indefinite Stage 6 load-shedding. “This tariff increase will have…
The power utility has welcomed Nersa’s decision to grant it a 18,65 electricity tariff hike saying it is a positive step to assist with its finances however it still awaits reasons for the decision. Eskom had requested the regulator to increase the tariffs by 32% for 2023 starting in April and in welcoming the increase, its CFO, Calib Hassim said the decision will positively contribute from a financial sustainability point of view. “The revenue determination of R319 billion and R352 billion for the financial years 2024/5 will allow a further migration towards a price level that reflects the efficient cost…
Angry parents have accused the Department of Education of prioritising white learners in the placement process while black children are left behind. The parents staged a protest outside Laerskool Danie Malan on Thursday and the two groups of parents – one black and one white – stood on opposite sides of the school. Police monitored the situation and schooling wasn’t disrupted while some parents struggled to find space for their children. A parent who is still awaiting an appeal for placement for his Grade 1 child, Prince Shabangu, said the SGB and the principal must be axed. “We want the…
MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane said the department is still counting the costs of repairing vandalised schools after more than 120 facilities were damaged last year. “We have not rounded up the cost. But I must say the good news, we have managed to apprehend some of the perpetrators. The communities in some areas did come forward and showed us those particular people and retrieved some of the stolen items,” said Chiloane. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Education MEC Matome Chiloane had both officiated at a ceremony to handover Mapenane Secondary School in Ga-Rankuwa, City of Tshwane. According to the…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has defended the online registration system saying it makes things easier and assured concerned parents that learners’ will be placed within 10-days. “I know there are many parents that are queuing across the facilities but I trust the HOD and the MEC that within the next 10 days there will be tangible progress and all our children will be placed in all our schools. “As a person who is given honor to lead this province, there will be no child without a teacher, there will be no children without textbooks, there will be no child without…
As families anxiously await for answers following the deadly Boksburg gas tanker explosion, the death toll has risen to 27 after another healthcare worker succumbed to her injuries today, this was confirmed by the Gauteng Department of Health’s chief director Motalatale Modiba. The gas truck exploded near the OR Tambo Hospital in Boksburg on Christmas Eve killing more than 20 people and injuring scores of others, damaging parts of the hospital, rail and road infrastructure, nearby houses and cars. “We can confirm that as of today 29 December 2022 we have now 27 people who have since passed on as…