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Eastern Cape MEC for Health, Nomakhosazana Meth, says she has learnt with shock the tragic passing of a young and promising final-year Cuban medical student, over the weekend.According to the provincial department, the 28-year-old female was involved in a car accident in Mthatha. “She succumbed to her injuries at the Nelson Mandela Academic Central Hospital,” a statement … [Read more...] about MEC saddened by death of young medical student in Mthatha

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, has finalised the appeal decisions related to the Tuna Pole Line Sector in terms of the Fishing Right Allocation Process 2020/2021 (FRAP 2021). In reaching a decision, the Minister was guided by the General Policy on the Allocation of Commercial Fishing Rights 2021, the ... See more … [Read more...] about Municipality removes banner with spelling error

In recognition of the National Energy Month and in mitigation of the current energy constraints faced by the country, Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille, invites all eligible tourism enterprises to apply for the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP).The 8th application window period starts from today to the 30th of June 2023. The GTIP is an incentive programme of the … [Read more...] about Tourism enterprises encouraged to apply for the Green Tourism Incentive Programme

Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Minister Ronald Lamola has told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services that the department has served international security company G4S with a notice to terminate its contract.The company was in contract with the department to run the Mangaung Correctional Facility where rapist and murderer Thabo Bester … [Read more...] about G4S served with notice to terminate Mangaung correctional facility contract

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has confirmed on Tuesday that it has successfully intervened on behalf of 22 South Africans who were still trapped in Egypt after fleeing the conflict-torn Sudan.This comes after the Gift of the Givers received a call on Monday about the locals stuck on a ship in Safaga port, Egypt, since Saturday, 29 April. The … [Read more...] about 22 South Africans stuck in Egypt to return home