Buffalo City Metro said its managers have been instructed to interrogate doctor's certificates submitted by employees who are on sick leave in a bid to curb abuse of the process.
The Bhisho high court has dismissed an application by one of the accused in the Nelson Mandela funeral fraud case to have evidence ruled inadmissible.Former Dr WB Rubusana regional ANC chair Pumlani Mkolo had challenged the admissibility of cellphone records, leading to a trial within a trial in 2020.
The ANC's step aside-rule has come under scrutiny again this week after the party's provincial leadership suspended a Buffalo City Metro councillor for domestic violence and ordered him to step aside, despite the victim withdrawing her case against him.
The fallout over Buffalo City’s ailing infrastructure has reached Gonubie beach, which is still closed due to two extensive sewage spills.A large manhole hidden in the undergrowth and a second on a raised embankment along the river have been oozing chunky grey effluent into the sand since January 8 and the leaks have yet to be fixed.