After being plagued by admission irregularities and bribery claims for years, health minister Dr Joe Phaahla has been urged to investigate the intake at Lilitha Nursing College after the process stoked fresh controversy. This comes after allegations that the college has sidelined relevant stakeholders, including labour unions, while the provincial health department reportedly failed to address critical issues brought to its attention.
A Lesotho stock herder has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl in Mqhekezweni village. The Bhityi regional court sentenced Mabula Ramatseatsana, 44, on Friday.
King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality mayor Nyaniso Nelani’s big dreams of turning his municipality into a metro in two years’ time have come crashing down.This after a proposal to incorporate another town and several municipal wards from two other local municipalities into KSD to form a category A municipality failed to convince the Municipal Demarcation Board.
Murder and assaults of traditional nurses and caregivers at male initiation schools have sparked concern from Eastern Cape authorities who fear people may refuse to step in to look after initiates unless they are provided with bodyguards.
The fuming family of slain OR Tambo District Municipality employee Namhla Mtwa has slated police minister Bheki Cele, saying his latest promise to solve her murder is “a nonsensical political statement to garner votes”.