Despite not securing the environmental green light for its gas-to-power ships to operate in three of the country's major industrial ports, Karpowership South Africa says it remains fully committed to South African projects. The company says it strongly disagrees with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)'s decision not to approve its projects and will take appropriate recourse. We spoke to the spokesperson for Karpowership South Africa, Kay Sexwale.

Karpowership strongly opposes DFFE's decision

The Basic Education Department says those who plan to disrupt the vaccine rollout which kicks off today, will face the full might of the law. Over the weekend, Minister Angie Motshekga announced that all employees of the department, across the country, including teachers, admin staff and cleaners will receive the Johnson and Johnson single-dose jab, over the next two weeks. Motshekga and Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, earlier launched the programme at the Rabasotho Community Hall in Tembisa, in Johannesburg's East Rand...with the latest update; we are now joined on the line by our reporters in different provinces

Chaos on the 1st day of vaccinating educators

The financial state of municipalities in South Africa has continued to deteriorate as a lack of accountability and poor governance continues to dog the country at a local government level. Presenting to parliament's standing committee on public accounts yesterday, auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke said that the country was effectively facing two main issues: there is not much money going around and yet the right hands are not at the till. We spoke to Chairman of the standing committee on the Auditor-General, Sakhumzi Somyo & Zukiswa Kota, head of monitoring and advocacy @ the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)

The poor state of our municipal finances

The family of Leigh Matthews, who was killed in July 2004 held a press conference in Johannesburg earlier today after allegations that her killer; Donovan Moodley may be eligible for parole consideration. The family says it was called by Correctional Services for mediation ahead of a parole hearing with a possibility of an early release for Donovan Moodley. The Department of Correctional Services says there will be no parole hearing today to determine if Leigh Matthews' murderer can be released. We spoke to Leigh Mathews' father Rob Mathews…

Mathews family requires full disclosure so they can begin to find closure

Gift of the Givers says it's overwhelmed with calls for oxygen concertrators in Gauteng hospitals. It says Covid-19 infections are ripping through the population at an unprecedented rate. The NGO says it is inundated with calls of desperation from medical professionals, families and patients for oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders and oxygen, or bed availability at hospitals. Both private and public hospitals are filled to capacity.We spoke to the Founder of Gif of the Givers Foundation, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman.

Calls for oxygen concertrators increase

The Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has raised concern about the impact of illegal mining on communities. He says it is an attack on the country's economy and must be dealt with decisively. Mantashe was speaking during his visit to the China Africa Precious Metals (CAPM) mine in Orkney in the North West. This follows the discovery of 20 bodies believed to be those of illegal miners. The badly burned and decomposed bodies were found in grain bags on the surface near the mine. ..we spoke to our reporter Mpho Lepedi and David van Wyk, Chief Researcher at Bench Marks Foundation.

The impact of illegal mining on communities

The City of Joburg is facing a deepening power crisis, with electricity problems leading to more blackouts that take days to repair. The problems extend beyond just outages, with delayed maintenance, tampering and illegal connections now putting lives at risk. Newlyweds Zaheer Sarang and Nabeela Khanwere buried in a joint funeral on Monday after being electrocuted in their Crosby, Johannesburg, over the weekend. The couple's family says last week they experienced slight shocks when they used the taps and reported the problem to City Power several times. We spoke to City Power's spokesperson Isaac Mangena..

Joburg electricity woes on the spotlight

The Gauteng government wants stricter restrictions imposed on the province to curb the rising number of Covid-19 cases. Some hospitals have had to divert patients to other facilities due to constrained bed capacity. One Gauteng public hospital say it may have to re-purpose more wards for Covid-19 patients to accommodate the rising number of admissions. Nurses are also feeling the pressure due to the increased workload. Tshepo Phagane visited Kalafong hospital in Pretoria and filed this report...

Gauteng wants stricter restrictions imposed to curb rising of Covid-19 cases

The CCMA has issued Public Servants Association (PSA) with non-resolution certificates. This means the union could embark on a protected strike after giving an employer 48-hours notice. The PSA, representing more than 235 000 public-sector employees, says despite having declared a dispute, it had made every effort to engage with Government as the employer during the conciliation process regarding the salary proposal tabled to other unions. We spoke to Astrid Al-Anani , Manager Labour Relations: Collective Bargaining at Public Servants Association…

Strike by Public Servants Association members looming

The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (Saapa) says the introduction of stronger alcohol laws in South Africa will help reduce crime in South Africa, especially the maltreatment of children. The lobby group is calling for the passing of the Liquor Amendment Bill, which it says will help change the country's drinking culture. We spoke to Maurice Smithers, director for The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (Saapa) and got some reaction from Lucky Ntimane, convener of the liquor traders council.

A call for stronger alcohol laws to help reduce crime

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