The utility’s CEO, Tshifularo Mashava said the utility follows strict due diligence to verify qualifications during recruitment.

It has instead encouraged them to use alternative facilities within a six-kilometre radius, where patients will be transferred.

Mzukisi Ndamase, the alleged mastermind behind the shooting of 18 relatives in the Eastern Cape village last year, said he does not want a lawyer.

Earlier in 2025, the ANC's national leadership reconfigured its KZN executive committee following a poor electoral showing.

Jacquen Appollis, accused number one in the Joshlin Smith trial, testified at the Western Cape High Court sitting in the Saldanha Multi-Purpose Centre on 11 April 2025. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN ...