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The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says the situation that resulted in the hospitalisation of 31 bachelor of pharmacy students at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) is unacceptable. SAMA has appealed to the university's management to ensure that such an event never happens again. The students are recuperating in hospital after developing eyesight problems during a laboratory practical session yesterday. An investigation has been launched into the hair-raising […]

Civil rights movement, #NotInMyNameInternational, says the DA-led coalition government in Tshwane does not care about the needs of the majority of South Africans. The movement's Secretary General, Themba Masango, was reacting to the news of the National Treasury's plans to cut R629 million grant money in the Tshwane due to non-performance and non-compliance. Masango says these funds are meant for services such as the urban and township development as well […]

ANC National chairperson and Member of Parliament, Gwede Mantshe, has defended the governing party's cadre deployment policy. He says while they will furnish the DA with the highly-anticipated cadre deployment documents, the governing party will continue deploying party members who are capable. Mantashe used Parliament's SONA debate to defend the controversial policy, which saw the ANC lose an appeal in the Constitutional Court yesterday. The governing party has until Monday […]

Political analyst, Professor Dirk Kotze, says the ANC might do everything in its power to avoid handing over its cadre deployment records to the Democratic Alliance (DA), despite a Constitutional Court order to that effect. However, he says, the party might hit a snag in that attempt as it does not have any other legal route available after having exhausted all its legal options. Yesterday, the Apex Court ruled that […]

Education lobby group, Equal Education, says while the President's story of Tintswalo is an inspiring one, it is not the reality of many South African scholars. During his State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa created a calligram of the first 30 years of democracy, through the life of a child called Tintswalo born in 1994. The President says she grew up in a society governed by a constitution […]

Civic organisation, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, says it hopes that the payment of NSFAS student's historic debt will be done swiftly to ensure a seamless start to the academic year. OUTA's remarks come at the back of the Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) presentation to Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), which revealed that the investigations agency has recovered more than R737 million during its NSFAS investigation. The figure […]

Various political and economic players, including the African Transformation Movement (ATM), have welcomed the Competition Commission's decision to take its legal battle against the banks accused of manipulating the rand to the Constitutional Court. The ATM says it believes that South Africa can reach its full potential if those in power are held to account. ATM national spokesperson, Zama Tshona, says the party supports the commission's legal battle with hopes […]

As hundreds of young unemployed graduates join the already high unemployment rate in the country, police have appealed to job seekers to be on the lookout of scammers who are out to make a quick buck. They say one of the latest trends of the scammers is to position themselves as a member of the SAPS hiring team and promise job seekers by promising employment in exchange for financial compensation. "What […]

As concerns mount over the high number of unemployed graduates in South Africa, the Health Department has moved to assure young health graduates that it is working at placing them at the country's under-staffed and under-resourced medical facilities. Responding to a public outcry over jobless young doctors, Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says the department is also prioritising other health professionals, including nurses, physiotherapists, and oral health hygienists, in its […]