Mwangi Githahu

Multimedia Journalist, Cape Argus

More than 360 Western Cape libraries have no access to alternative power, MEC says

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Anroux Marais has said that the Province estimates that providing alternative power sources to all the libraries will cost approximately ...

AYO puts up strong defence against PIC in Cape High Court

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The PIC, which is the guardian of 82% of the Government Employees Pension Fund’s portfolio, wants the Western Cape High Court to set aside its subscription agreement ...

German Christmas trees on offer with proceeds going to charity after delays from shipping snafu

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Two German businesswomen behind the importation of the genuine and environmentally-friendly Nordmann Christmas trees have come up with a plan to sell the trees on ...

Stellenbosch University wins language case, but DA says it is considering an appeal

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Stellenbosch University may have won the case brought against it by the DA and student organisation StudentePlein, but the language war is not over yet.

WCED was derelict in its duty over ex-department head’s succession, PSC reports finds

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The PSC found that the WCED was derelict in its duty to ensure that proper human resource planning and leadership succession planning was undertaken in the appointment ...

Speaker in Cape legislature asked to intervene with committee meeting over unplaced learners

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Western Cape ANC education spokesperson Khalid Sayed has written to legislature speaker Mnqasela Masizole, asking him to urgently intervene in the issue of scheduling ...

ANC wants special attention for poor Cape schools affected by pandemic’s disruption

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The ANC wants the WCED to give special attention to under-resourced schools during the implementation of plans to get education and training back on track after ...

WCED comes out on top in case to cancel Western Cape Sports School catering contract

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has has won a case at the Western Cape High Court to invalidate a contract for the provision of catering services entered ...

Monkeypox hits SA: Concerns over disease being used to stigmatise gay and bisexual men

Mwangi Githahu|Published

At the beginning of June, before monkeypox reached South Africa, lobby group OUT LGBT Well-being shared concerns that the disease was being used to stigmatise gay, ...

Lack of updated bank details holding back payments to 104 ECD centres

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Education MEC David Maynier has blamed a lack of updated bank details for the delay in payment to 104 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres across the province. ...

Teacher who sexually assaulted pupil in 2017 finally suspended after court case

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Education David Maynier has said that a Cape Town teacher who sexually assaulted a pupil five years ago has finally been suspended and will face a disciplinary hearing. ...

Proposals to review ‘flawed’ quintile system in Cape schools gets rare cross-party support

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Proposals to review the “flawed quintile system for schools” and an increase in no-fee schools in the Western Cape have received rare cross-party support in the ...

Concern of textbooks not being given to Western Cape pupils raised in Scopa briefing

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The spectre of the WCED being forced to keep textbooks under lock and key, instead of distributing them to pupils, in a bid to satisfy bean counters, came up as ...

Contracts of Covid-19 health workers in the Cape terminated despite chronic staff shortages

Mwangi Githahu|Published

More than half of the 813 doctors, nurses and other health-care workers, including vaccinators, employed in the Western Cape to help respond to the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Fears increase in Western Cape education budget not being used to address inequality in schools

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has hailed an increase in her department’s budget as being significant enough to make “a real difference”, but the opposition ...

Cape children put at risk as resources were diverted during early months of Covid-19 pandemic

Mwangi Githahu|Published

During the initial months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Western Cape provincial child health services experienced setbacks as routine child health services were ...

Chicken Licken's feathers ruffled as Plettenberg Bay restaurant outsmarts its 'Soul Kitchen' trademark

Mwangi Githahu|Published

A Plettenberg Bay restaurant has outfoxed local food franchise Chicken Licken in a seven-month legal battle over the latter’s trademarking of the term “Soul Kitchen”. ...

As government considers ending national state of disaster, over 50% vaccinated in Western Cape

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The latest figures from National Institute For Communicable Diseases (NICD) show that as of last Sunday, 54. 8% of adults (people aged 18 and older) in the Western ...

Winde says government should allow the State of Disaster to lapse as fourth wave subsides

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Premier Alan Winde’s campaign calling on the national government to allow the national State of Disaster to expire has been boosted by the province’s health experts ...

City urging Cape parents to organise back-to-school vaccination before holidays end

Mwangi Githahu|Published

As parents begin preparing their children to get back to school in a few weeks, the City is urging parents to get them vaccinated against Covid-19 before schools ...

Winde says it is time to let the Covid-19 lockdown expire, as Western Cape passes fourth peak

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Premier Alan Winde has called on the national government to allow the national state of disaster to expire.

Covid-19 cases up in the Western Cape but signs of a fourth wave plateau is anticipated

Mwangi Githahu|Published

There is a mixed bag of news for the Western Cape on the Covid-19 front as the province continues to witness high case numbers, driven by the Omicron variant, but ...

Rate of increase in Covid-19 cases is slowing, predicted to decrease but public urged to stay vigilant

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The Western Cape’s head of public health Dr Keith Cloete says while Covid-19 cases are continuing to increase, the rate of increase is slowing and is predicted to ...

Western Cape officials share how they are navigating festivities in the midst of Omicron

Mwangi Githahu|Published

Western Cape opinion shapers lead by example with their ways to navigate latest Covid variant Omicron during festive season

These are the symptoms of the Omicron variant that you need to keep an eye out for

Mwangi Githahu|Published

The Western Cape Health Department has warned that while to date vaccinations have been shown to provide good protection against severe Covid -19 disease, the symptoms ...

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