Growing calls to end the National State of Disaster

Roland Mpofu|Published

There are growing calls for the end of the National State of Disaster. Many health experts express mixed reactions about the continuous mandatory wearing of masks ...

Teachers say schools are no longer safe

Tshepiso Tshabalala , Manyane Manyane and Roland Mpofu|Published

Deputy Principal Thembisile Ngendane who was shot and killed outside Phomolong Secondary School in Tembisa, allegedly by three armed men. Picture: SuppliedGauteng ...

Society needs to get involved in schools’ safety

Roland Mpofu|Published

AGENDA: SADTU Media Officer Nomusa CembiTeacher unions and education experts have condemned violence in schools and warned that it has now reached “alarming proportions”. ...

Key witness to testify at Life Esidimeni inquest

Roland Mpofu|Published

The Gauteng Department of Health’s retired deputy director for mental health is expected to testify at the Life Esidimeni inquest on Monday, January 17 in Pretoria ...

Two years of living in a Covid-19 pandemic: fears, threats, lies, stats and reality

Roland Mpofu|Published

Government has been consistent only in sending out conflicting, confusing and often downright misleading information on how to deal with this perceived threat to ...

Tembisa Hospital still bursting at the seams even during Covid-19

Roland Mpofu|Published

The Gauteng Department of Health spent hundreds of millions of rands on field hospitals which were either decommissioned or have become “white elephants”.

Makhadzi’s star keeps on rising

Roland Mpofu|Published

“I have realised that it is very important to make sure that my culture comes first and the whole world must know about Tshivenda and Kokovha. ” These were the words ...

Media blackout on Bishop Zondo sermons amid rape allegations

Roland Mpofu|Published

Some broadcasters have buckled under pressure from a lobby group to have all sermons conducted by the embattled Bishop Bafana Zondo taken off air with immediate ...

Mahlangu yet again in the firing line for Esidimeni tragedy

Roland Mpofu|Published

A sixth senior former Gauteng health official to testify at the Life Esidimeni inquest has also lambasted former health MEC Qedani Mahlangu for allegedly not listening ...

Predictions of Covid-19 waves questioned

Roland Mpofu|Published

ROLAND MPOFUPANDEMICS Data & Analytics (Panda) has warned that Covid-19 vaccines have not lived up to their early expectations of preventing transmission. This is ...

Life Esidimeni project head tells inquiry: Mahlangu messed up

Roland Mpofu|Published

A senior official tasked with the Life Esidimeni ...

Health department’s huge underspending cost lives, says DA

Roland Mpofu|Published

The Gauteng Health Department has come under fire from the DA for its failure to spend more than R1 billion of its budget over the past financial year. According ...

Gauteng sticks to its original plan for the fourth wave

Roland Mpofu|Published

The provincial Department of Health is adamant that it is going to use the same “risk-adjusted strategy” in responding to the anticipated fourth wave of Covid-19. ...

R500m Covid-19 hospital gathers dust as no patients are admitted

Roland Mpofu|Published

A Gauteng hospital, which was refurbished at a cost of more than R500 million to treat Covid-19 patients, is alleged to have turned into a white elephant six months ...

Lesufi concerned about abduction of an 11-year-old girl

Roland Mpofu|Published

Gauteng Department for Education (GDE) MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed deep concern about an alleged abduction of a Grade 5 girl learner which occurred yesterday ...

Life Esidimeni project manager admits to have been under pressure

Roland Mpofu|Published

The project leader in the Life Esidimeni, Levy Mosenogi, conceded that an “additional burden” was placed on his shoulders as there was limited time to complete the ...

Destitute Gogo forced to sleep on the street

Roland Mpofu|Published

The granny from Lesotho has run out of money while she waits for Alexander Forbes to pay out her claim after her mineworker husband’s death

Coalition with ANC is not an option – Mashaba

Roland Mpofu|Published

ActionSA president and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba is adamant his party will not enter into a coalition government with the ANC, which he labels ...

Call to find Meyiwa murder mastermind

Roland Mpofu|Published

The five suspects charged with the murder of former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa will be back in court in April next year. This follows their appearance in ...

DA flags R2 billion spent on hospital security contracts

Roland Mpofu|Published

Contracts expired five years ago

It’s been seven years since Senzo Meyiwa was killed

Roland Mpofu|Published

AfriForum believe that former Bafana Bafana captain’s murder was a hit

Opposition parties make mileage out of Joburg billing crisis

Roland Mpofu|Published

The billing crisis, which sees residents receiving utilities statements that do not match their consumption of water and electricity, has been with the City of Johannesburg ...

Help is at hand for Class of 2021

Roland Mpofu|Published

More than one million pupils across the country are expected to sit for their final exams next week after having lost almost 50 days of schooling due to Covid-19 ...

Compensation Fund makes U-turn on new regulations

Roland Mpofu|Published

The troubled Compensation Fund (CF) has yielded to pressure from the medical service providers (MSP) to withdraw its controversial new regulations published in the ...

Gardener mauled by employer's dogs seeks compensation after his arm was amputated

Roland Mpofu|Published

A gardener, who was mauled by his employer’s four dogs and had his arm amputated as a result, is alleging that his boss has no regard for his welfare and wanted ...