Author: Larson Thebe
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe heatwave in the central and western half of the country. This includes Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Limpopo, Gauteng and that some areas recorded higher temperatures over the weekend. Heatwave conditions with persistently high temperatures are expected over the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, North West, Free State, Gauteng, central and northern interior of the eastern cape until Tuesday. Also, over Gauteng and south-western Bushveld in Limpopo where these conditions are likely to persist into Wednesday,” warned the SAWS on its X account. The service also warned of…
North West MEC for Treasury Motlalepula Rosho has tabled a R53.700 billion for the 2024/25 financial year, R55.086 billion for the 2025/26 financial year and R57.348 billion for the 2026/27 financial year at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng. The bulk of the money was allocated to the Social Cluster departments. “The Social Cluster, consisting of Education, Health, Human Settlements, Social Development, and Arts, Culture, Sports, and Recreation is allocated an amount of R42.842 billion in 2024/25. In this cluster, the Department of Education receives R21.932 billion, Health is allocated R16.522 billion, Human Settlements’ budget is R1.826 billion, Social Development allocation…
South Africa has once again approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the provisional measures the court ordered on 26 January 2024 to be strengthened. Pretoria said the application is to prevent a catastrophic famine in the Gaza Strip. “The urgent application has been necessitated by widespread starvation in Gaza, which has claimed the lives of at least 15 children in the past week alone, with the actual numbers believed to be much higher. “United Nations experts warn that the number of deaths will increase exponentially unless military activities are halted and the blockade is lifted,” read a statement…
The North West Department of Health has refuted claims by the Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (HAITU) that it underspent on its 2022/23 budget by R200.6 million. According to HAITU, the province claimed its underspending was due to, “delays in submission of invoices by service providers and late delivery of medical equipment”. The department spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane has however dismissed claims by the union. “We just want to put it on record that the department is disputing those figures. “We are confident of this because we have an annual report of that same year that we have presented…
“Wrapped! Nothing but magic every time I’m with my guy. See ya’ll on June 7 for Bad Boys 4,” wrote Will Smith on his Instagram under a still of himself and co-star Martin Lawrence, wearing all black. The 25-years-old Bad Boys franchise surrounds the events of Will and Martin as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett where they are Miami cops battling out crime as both work partners and close friends. The first ever instalment of the action-comedy movie came out back in 1995 and was followed by the second one in 2003. The third edition Bad Boys For Life then…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially removed Judge President of the Western Cape Division of the High Court John Hlophe and Retired Judge of the Gauteng High Court Division, as judges. This follows a parliamentary impeachment vote last month where the majority of members of parliament voted for the two judges to be removed. According to Ramaphosa spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, this was done in accordance with section 177 (1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The section states that a judge may be removed from office only if the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) finds that the…
Government said it is pleased with the release of the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). The figures, which were released by Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke in Pretoria, show a slight growth of 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023. “This growth is particularly encouraging as it surpasses pre-pandemic levels. This indicates a resilient economy showing signs of recovery, and bettering previous strength,” said Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. The figures show that in the fourth quarter, real GDP reached R1 158 billion, marking continuous improvement from the pre-COVID-19 level of R1 150 billion, although still…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial hit another hurdle again on Monday at the High Court in Pretoria, after accused 1 Muzi Sibiya dismissed his instructing Attorney, Sipho Ramosepele, forcing another postponement. The trial within-a-trial was postponed two weeks ago and was expected to hear closing arguments in the matter. But before proceedings could get underway, defence lawyer Advocate Thulani Mngomezulu informed the court that the Legal Aid Board had told him it would not pay him for the services he had offered to represent Sibiya in the trial within a trial. “Over the weekend I was called by his uncle,…
Twelve people including a three-year-old child have lost lives on three separate accidents in the North West over the weekend. This is recorded as one of the deadliest weekends by the department since the festive period. “In an accident between a sedan and light delivery vehicle on the Lichtenburg to Biesiesvlei road, seven people died instantaneously when the two vehicles collided head on in the late afternoon on Friday, 01 March. In a separate accident around 16:00 a taxi collided head on with a sedan on N4 on the road between Zeerust and Dinokana towards Botswana border. The driver and…
The Department of Minerals and Energy has confirmed steep fuel prices which will be adjusted from Wednesday. This is the second consecutive fuel hike for this year and analysts have warned of more increases in the future. “Both grades of petrol will increase by R1,21 cents per litre, while the diesel price will be hiked by between R1,06 and R1,19 per litre. Illuminating Paraffin will increase by 85 cents at the retail level, and LP gas will increase by 41 cents per kilogram,” said the department spokesperson, Robert Maake. Maake added that the second increase of the year is due…