Minister of Public Service and Administration, Senzo Mchunu. Salaries for suspended provincial and national department officials have topped R17 million.Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu confirmed in reply to a parliamentary question from DA MP Michele Clarke that salaries have been paid to more than 230 provincial department employees and 50 in national departments.The…
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images The salaries of the medical personnel from Cuba will cost South Africa R239 million over the next year.Zweli Mkhize claims they were brought in because SA doesn't provide enough biostatisticians, epidemiologists, family physicians and health technologists.Their accommodation will be more than R6 million -…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…