Gauteng premier david makhura
Gauteng lost an estimated R3.5bn & 14,500 jobs due to riots - Makhura
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has presented an update on recovery plans following violent looting and destruction.
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Gauteng govt not worried about coping with high volumes of walk-ins at jab sites
Government wants to ramp up progress by administering over 100,000 jabs a day in the province over the next two months.
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Gauteng to increase vaccination sites, aiming to jab 100,000 people per day
Premier David Makhura said that Gauteng wanted to also increase the vaccination sites, especially in the public sector to more than 500.
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Makhura: Riots, looting have set back township economy by 15 years
Looters stole indiscriminately targeting big business, as well as small and micro enterprises.
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Makhura: We need to go back to drawing board to improve national security
Makhura was reflecting on the lessons government can draw from the lawlessness that gripped parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
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Makhura confident that with SANDF backing, law enforcement will nab riot leaders
The army has now started patrolling various areas, including the Diepkloof square mall, where looters have ripped ATMs out of walls.
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Makhura: SA’s township economy to be hardest hit by looting, violence
Nationwide, more than 45 people have died as mobs target shops, businesses and trucks in various parts.
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19 people killed in looting & violence in Gauteng, Makhura confirms
The figure included 10 people who were killed in a stampede at a mall in Meadowlands.
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Makhura says his govt to focus on bringing vaccines to the people of Gauteng
Gauteng is the epicentre of the COVID-19 third wave driven by the relentless delta variant.
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Gauteng authorities hope reopening of CMAH can ease pressure on health system
With tens of thousands of active cases, a rising positivity rate, Gauteng's healthcare system is under severe pressure.
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Politicians, scientists beg Gauteng residents to help curb rising COVID-19 cases
The nation's economic hub is in the grips of a bruising third wave, with more than 74,000 active cases in the province. Professor Bruce Mellado of the premier's advisory committee says that if the infections continue at this pace, drastic action would be called for.
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COVID vaccine jabs for citizens between 50 & 59 to start next week - Makhura
So far, only over 60s have been eligible for vaccinations but as the nation's economic hub struggles with a fierce third wave, the need to increase vaccine penetration has become all the more pressing.
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Nurses, doctors warn Gauteng hospitals at capacity with COVID-19 3rd wave
Lerato Mthunzi is the president of the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union and she said that government hospitals in the province were bursting at the seams.
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GP govt under pressure to reopen Charlotte Maxeke Hosp as COVID cases spike
With the province leading the uptick in COVID-19 cases and subsequently driving the third wave of infections nationally, Premier Makhura is seeking to declare Charlotte Maxeke Hospital a local state of disaster.
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Makhura warns tough restrictions necessary to contain COVID spread
Gauteng Premier David Makhura confirmed on Friday that the province had officially entered the third wave of COVID-19 infections.
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Makhura warns against complacency as Gauteng sees spike in COVID-19 cases
All of the province’s six districts have seen a spike in cases, with the highest increases recorded in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Sedibeng.
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Makhura notes increase in vaccine hesitancy in wake of J&J jab suspension
Only about 235,000 residents have registered for phase two of the country's vaccine rollout out of an expected 1.3 million people.
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Masuku may still challenge aspects of court ruling on SIU report - lawyers
On Monday, a full bench of the High Court dismissed former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku’s urgent application to have a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report set aside
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Gauteng ANC, with IFP help, defeats no-confidence motion against Makhura
The governing party managed to secure 37 of the required votes, one of which was cast by the IFP’s Bonginkosi Dhlamini.
