Medical negligence claims against the state ballooned to about R62 billion by March 2024. This represented more than 20% of the public health budget, threatening the capacity of provincial health departments to provide proper care, write Marecia Damons and David Capel.
The trial of Bellarmine Mugabe, son of late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, and his cousin Tobias Matonhodze has concluded with Mugabe’s immediate deportation and a R600,000 fine. Matonhodze, who pleaded guilty to the more serious charges, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
The sacred script banning the I word has been trashed and the Me Generation, the I Specialists and the Lived Experience Battalion all have got hold of headlines to a laughable and astoundingly dull degree.
Some of the five City of Tshwane officials found to have irregularly awarded a R292m tender to a joint venture involving tender baron Edwin Sodi’s companies approached the city to have their services terminated, Scopa heard on Wednesday.
In a country where leadership fears dissent and where the spoils system defends itself through intimidation and force, patronage is often mistaken for patriotism. It is therefore necessary to clarify the distinction
South Africa’s experience is not unique. Across Africa and beyond, progressive forces have historically united, often overcoming ideological and organisational differences to achieve common national objectives
South Africans deserve better. They deserve a public service that works, that listens and that cares. They deserve assurance, not uncertainty that when an issue is reported, it will be resolved. They deserve a government that understands that behind every service request is a human story