A full bench of the Bhisho high court has given the Eastern Cape government breathing space in its long-running dispute over the R41m plus interest claimed by Ikamva Architects as project fees, after it was pushed off the R1.6bn plan to refurbish Frere Hospital. The departments of health and public works with the provincial Treasury now also added as an intervening provincial government party to the dispute persuaded the court to stay writs of execution issued in 2016 and 2021 for governm.
Former Eastern Cape health head of department Dr Thobile Mbengashe, now a special adviser in the office of the premier (OTP), must face a disciplinary inquiry initiated by Premier Oscar Mabuyane over his alleged role in the R10.14m scooter ambulance fiasco, the chair of the inquiry has ruled.
Despite the Eastern Cape MEC for health admitting negligence by healthcare workers during the birth of a Somerset East boy 14 years ago, the Bhisho high court in 2021 absolved medical staff of responsibility, finding there was no causal link between staff negligence and the brain injury suffered by the child.
The former rabbi of the orthodox Jewish community in East London who stands to benefit from the proceeds of a disputed will must use the country’s labour laws to challenge his dismissal, the high court has ruled.
In keeping with Britain’s typical sense of fortitude amid crisis, a politician in the island nation earlier in December urged the citizenry to “keep calm and carry on with your Christmas plans”.