Author: Gomolemo Mothomogolo
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDH) has appointed an independent investigator to probe allegations of corruption and maladministration levelled against the CEO of Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria Dr Sello Matjila after workers downed tools and disrupted services at the hospital demanding the removal of Matjila. GDH said in a statement released on Sunday saying it has removed Matjila and appointed Dr Lebohang Mpshe as an acting CEO pending an investigation into all allegations made by various stakeholders at the facility.. “In the meantime, the hospital CEO Dr Sello Matjila will not be reporting to the facility. Dr. Lebohang Mpshe has…
Mamelodi families whose two young boys drowned in quarry have received a settlement after the intervention of ActionSA which offered legal representation to deal with the matter. However, a prompt visit to the area where the incident happened showed that the quarry was poorly fenced with some parts having gaping holes; there was flooding and the nearby shacks covered in water. A resident Benny Mothupi said the quarry is still a risk to community members. “We have had the incident where the children fell in the hole and when it rains there are floods. We don’t know where to go…
Gauteng AIDS council chairperson, Panyaza Lesufi says young girls aged between 15 and 24 are the most vulnerable and contribute 20% to new HIV infections. Lesufi gave a keynote address at the World Aids Day commemoration in Mamelodi Tshwane on World Aids Day on Thursday. “We also need to reduce the vulnerability of adolescent girls, young women and young men aged between 15 and 24 who are currently contributing 20% of the new HIV infections. “That (percentage) is very and that is why I will alway raise my voice about this issue because if older people still continue to engage…
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola will make an announcement at the “right time” on paper whether to stay the Apex Court decision to release Chris Hani’s killer on parole or not. The response from the Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo comes after the SACP served Lamola with court papers challenging the decision to release the Polish assassin Walus on parole. Last week, the Constitutional Court ruled that a decision by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services taken in March 2020 rejecting Janusz Walus’ application for parole be reviewed and set aside. The court also ordered…
Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has interdicted striking workers and prohibited the protesters from damaging properties and intimidation. The Department said it obtained an interdict at the Johannesburg Labour Court against several unions preventing their members from obstructing the rendering of health services to patients. “The interim interdict is applicable with immediate effect and prevents striking public servants from assaulting, threatening, intimidating and inciting violence in respect to any employees or staff members across our health facilities,” said the department in a statement. “It also prohibits the protesters from destroying or damaging any property or preventing free movement or access…
The SACP has accused the South African government of lacking the political will to probe the death of its late leader Chris Hani who was assassinated by Polish migrant Yanusz Walus who is expected to walk out of prison on parole tomorrow. The tripartite alliance marched to the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Tshwane in protest against the release of the Walus on parole. Hani was the SACP general secretary when he was shot and killed outside his home in Boksburg, Benoni by Walus on 10 April 1993. This happened on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections.…
Three union federations – Cosatu, Fedusa and Saftu – are demanding that the government return to the negotiating table to revise the current offer of a 10% wage hike for public servants they put on the table. Public servants have given the government seven days to respond to the memorandum of demand. Earlier this month, wage negotiations in the public sector deadlocked with the unions opting for individual dispute resolution processes. Trade unions affiliated to Fedusa, Saftu and Cosatu were afforded certificates of non-resolution while teacher union Sadtu accepted the wage offer. Fedusa Vice President: Public Sector, Dr Lufuno Mulaudzi, said workers…
Onthatile’s Sebati, accused of ordering a hit on her parents and her two siblings, said the plan was hatched after she confided in her two co-accused that she was abused by her family. This is according to a statement that Sebati made after it was commissioned by retired Captain France Mishack Manota who also read it into the court records. Sebati allegedly hired Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone to kill her parents and two siblings in Mmakau Brit in 2016. “Before the incident of the shooting or the murder of my family members. I was having a problem of abuse received…
The application by the Helen Suzman Foundation challenging the legality of the Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to scrap the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits will be heard by a full bench next year in the North Gauteng High Court next year. Earlier this year, the Home Affairs Department extended the validity of ZEP by 6 months to 30 June next year. The application challenging the legality of scraping the ZEPs was scheduled to be heard in court on Monday. “The Helen Suzman Foundation had hoped that its application challenging the Minister of Home Affairs Decisions to end the Zimbabwe…
Convicted rapist and repeat offender, Amos Khumalo will have to wait a little bit longer for his sentence to be handed down on the rape and kidnapping charges he is facing. Khumalo was initially charged with two counts of rape and kidnapping after he lured two minors from Lotus Garden to a Pretoria Hotel where he allegedly raped them in November 2020. But he was convicted of rape of one child and attempted rape of the other one. The Pretoria Magistrate Court heard the case for mitigation of sentencing against the 47-year-old on Monday. Defense lawyer Anton Rudman argued that his client…