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Ramaphosa announces appointments in SANDF advancing women to top positions
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the appointments of the new members of the military command of the SANDF in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Environmental Affairs MEC Anton Bredell said some of the main problems that came with the winter season included flooding and fires in informal settlements.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been accused of receiving wads of cash and gifts amounting to about R5 million from an SANDF contractor between 2017 and 2019.
The Southern African Development Community will meet next week to discuss the unrest in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region.
Marauding militants took control of the coastal town of Palma last week. One South African was killed in the attack while 50 others were accounted for following the attacks.
Soliders have been deployed to assist the South African High Commission to repatriate South Africans wanting to return home.
One South African was killed in last week's deadly attack by insurgents, while at least 43 others have been accounted for.
Several South Africans are feared to be among the foreigners killed and captured on Friday when jihadist insurgents reportedly overran a hotel in the coastal town of Palma, northern Mozambique.
The light aircraft - belonging to the South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum - was approaching the runway when it crashed and burst into flames on Wednesday, claiming the lives of two reserve force pilots.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said she was misled but only takes some responsibility as the political head.
Over recent days, there have been a number of shootings in various communities.
Major Fatima Isaacs was criminally charged in June 2018 with willful defiance and failing to obey lawful instructions after her superior asked her to remove her headscarf when in uniform.
These are just some of the details revealed by the national Health Department’s Dr Aquina Thulare during the African National Congress’ progressive business forum engagement on Tuesday.
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that the South African National Defence Force would be assisting police keep bathers away from the Garden Route beaches. The country returned to level three lockdown regulations, resulting in various beaches around the country closing to the public.
There are now 1,019 health workers infected with the virus, higher than last week's figures, and because many are in isolation, this means they are out of the health system and not able to work.
Two rival groups came to blows on Friday during an incident that’s allegedly linked to a dispute over taxi routes.
The Christmas Day scuffle left 12 men shot and wounded.
Early on Friday morning, a group of Mpeni men clashed with a group from the Nokhatshile village resulting in the death of the seven. Six other men were hospitalised.
With the COVID-19 infection rate surging in the hotspot, the Disaster Management Centre said the district urgently needed more hands on deck.