Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

Hundreds have reportedly been killed after an Israeli Defence Force targeted and hit the Baptist Hospital in Gaza. According to the Palestinian health ministry, victims include healthcare professionals and people who were being treated after sustaining injuries in prior bombings. While initial reports were that up to 500 people died in attack, authorities have so far confirmed 300 deaths including those of already wounded people. The strike on the facility comes on the back of a desperate plea by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The bombing also comes an hour after US President Joe Biden announced he was headed for…

The ANC says it is satisfied that South Africa is nowhere near being broke. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the ruling party’s National Executive Committee received a convincing report from the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the fiscal situation or position of the country. “The NEC is reassured that South Africa is not running out of money”, said Ramaphosa in his closing address to the NEC meeting on Monday evening. Ramaphosa suggested the party’s youth wing as well as alliance partners Cosatu and SACP don’t know what austerity means. The three have criticised Godongwana accusing him of undermining the ANC’s developmental…

Busisiwe Mkhwebane who fought to the bitter end until her removal through a parliamentary vote announced her decision during a press conference held in Mpumalanga on Monday. The party also unveiled former Director General and Jacob Zuma spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi who has since been sworn in as a member of parliament. Most recently the red berets welcomed former ANC Youth League National Coordinator Magasela Mzobe. “Advocate Mkhwebane has been servant of the people of the people of South Africa for the last seven years, and has been a thorn in the side of the establishment and those who abuse their…

In a bid to improve access to justice the justice department is expected to facilitate the appointment of over 250 additional magistrates to be assigned to courts across the country. Some 1000 candidates are to be interviewed in what is by far the largest intake of judicial officers in the country. The first round of interviews scheduled to start on the 17th of this month will be for candidate eying positions in the North West, Northern Cape and the Western Cape. There’s been increased interest in the selection of judicial officers and researcher at interest group Judges Matter Zikhona Ndlebe…

Egypt has rejected a proposal by Israel and the West to allow Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula as fighting continues between the Israel Defense Force and resistance movement Hamas. The Egyptian government is instead insisting that the blockade around Gaza be lifted to allow aid into the besieged area where tens of thousands have been displaced, more than 5 thousands injured while over 1200 have been killed as a result of heavy bombardment by Israeli forces. The Egyptian government website said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak and conveyed…

Following Israel’s threat to stop Egyptian aid trucks from traveling to Palestine yesterday, there are fears that a full-fledged Middle East war will break out. This comes as tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in the West Bank due to Israel’s week-long indiscriminate bombing campaign, which has also claimed the lives of 2,000 civilians, including women and children. Egypt has refused to heed the Islamic state’s warning with the government reiterating its intention to send truck loads of supply to besieged Palestinians and warning its forces would respond ruthlessly to any bombing. The tension between…

There’s increased pressure on Israel to end its 75 year old brutal occupation of Palestine and negotiate peace based on the so called ‘two-states solution’ negotiated previously with the help of the international community which would see the Jewish State exist side by side with an Independent Palestine that would have the currently disputed East Jerusalem as its capital. The call for peace talks have been accompanied by condemnation of Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine. Saudi Arabia which was normalising relations with Israel, a process that was to result in among others diplomatic ties and trade has since abondoned the…

The government is pursuing criminal charges against the man who has been exposed as an imposter after shooting to fame as one of the youngest doctors. Social media users unmasked Matthew Lani as a fraud after he assumed several identities including that of Sanele Zingelwa while he posed as a doctor working at a state hospital. The Gauteng Health Department whose facilities the 27 used to film himself purporting to be a medical practitioner at work says it has laid criminal charges.. The department said in a statement Lani was never in its employ but rather gained access into facilities…

WITS University has disassociated itself from a man who has been trending on social media for several days after being exposed as a fraudulent doctor following the posting of a statement on their X page. The man, who identifies as “Dr Matthew Lani” , Matthew Bongani Zingelwa or Sanele Zingelwa has claimed to be a medical doctor and that he graduated from the institution at the age of 22 becoming the youngest doctor in the country. “Based on the names presented to the institution, and the facts on hand, the University cannot find any person who graduated by the name…

Blade Nzimande, minister of higher education, science, and innovation, has been prohibited from placing Unisa under administration by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. At least not in the near future, the government will not take control of the University of South Africa.This follows the institution’s council’s successful attempt to prevent Blade Ndzimande, the minister of higher education, from taking over the institution’s management. Earlier this week, the minister cited a recent report that found gross mismanagement at UNISA as the basis for placing the organisation under administration. The Council of Unisa approached The High Court of South Africa…