The sick state of SA's 'Mickey Mouse-led' public healthcare

Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers hit with penalties for outstanding returns

View Online Good Morning, SA South Africa's health watchdog issued a blistering indictment on the health department in the country's economic hub and the government over his office's independence as he bowed out after serving his full non-renewable seven-year term. Here are your top stories for Thursday, 1 June. KELLY ANDERSON, AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR The sick state of SA's public healthcare: Watchdog blasts Gauteng's 'Mickey Mouse-led' health dept The story: The outgoing health ombud has painted a grim picture of the state of the country's public healthcare.   What was said: "You have your best province run by Mickey Mouse," Professor Malegapuru Makgoba said about Gauteng, which made up the bulk of the complaints his office dealt with.   What's more: He said there is disorder in the Free State, and described the Eastern Cape as dysfunctional and an embarrassment. Read the full story Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers hit with penalties for outstanding returns The story: SARS has imposed penalties on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers, many of whom only had one return outstanding.    What's more: Previously, penalties were only imposed on taxpayers with more than one tax return outstanding.   The numbers: Penalties for failing to file a return even if you don't owe any tax start at R250 for each month the return is outstanding, and penalties based on outstanding tax can be as high as R16 000 a month every month until the returns are filed. Read the full story Online gambling boss's R11m bet on ActionSA The story: ActionSA declared the most donations to the Electoral Commission of South Africa in the first quarter of the year with close to R4 million.    What was revealed: The party has had one reliable backer in Durban-born businessman Martin Moshal, an instrumental figure in online gambling.    The details: Moshal has donated R11 million to ActionSA over the years, and the party believes such continuous donations are a testament to its growing political footprint in the country's political scene.  Read the full story News for You NEWS Eight flights affected by hoax bomb scare at OR Tambo - ACSA ACSA evacuated passengers and staff after receiving a tip-off from an unknown person about an alleged bomb threat at the domestic arrivals hall on Wednesday afternoon. GOVERNMENT DA says it is 'days away from signing a service delivery pact' with IFP A week from now, the IFP and the DA could finally agree on a "service delivery pact", elevating their relationship from a "cooperation agreement". POLITICAL-PARTIES Free State govt defends spending R3.5m on ex-education MEC Tate Makgoe's funeral The Free State government has justified spending R3.5 million on former education MEC Tate Makgoe's funeral, saying he was "popular and his funeral was expected to draw multitudes of people". PARTNERCONTENT Another global advertising awards win for the Adspace Studio It's been a good month for the Adspace Studio, being honoured at a second international awards ceremony in as many weeks - this time at INMA's Global Media Awards in New York. Cholera outbreak: The DA and ANC pointing fingers at each other is not helping The dire situation of clean drinking water for communities and functioning water treatment plants are not confined to Hammanskraal and DA controlled municipalities only. It is across the whole country, writes Mbhazima Shilowa. MBHAZIMA SHILOWA Meanwhile, in the rest of the world Zimbabwe has set 23 August as the date of its general election. Any runoff election would be on 2 October – and this could be a close one, though the reach of Zanu-PF has predictions leaning towards incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa. (The Zim government is already threatening not to allow American observers because that country dared to encourage people to register to vote.)   A Ukrainian drone started a fire at a Russian oil refinery, Russia said, and Russian territory also came under artillery attack again.   China said America had provoked it with constant surveillance, and that was why a Chinese plane buzzed an American one.   North Korea failed to put its first spy satellite in orbit, giving South Korea the chance to fish some of its tech out of the ocean.   Mike Pence, the vice president Donald Trump disowned after he refused to take part in a coup, will apparently launch his presidential bid next week.   15 people died in Namibia after seemingly making porridge from the residue left after brewing an alcoholic drink.   Must-read in lifestyle PSL Playoffs: Maritzburg beat Casric and takes stride towards Premiership survival Maritzburg United took a huge leap towards staying in the DStv Premiership after their 2-0 win against Casric Stars in the PSL Promotion/Relegation Playoffs on Wednesday at the Harry Gwala Stadium. Read more From cancer screenings to heart assessments: 6 essential health checks for men June is Men's Health Month, heightening awareness of preventable health problems and encouraging detection and treatment of disease among men. Read more REPORT CARD | From sizzling Stormers to stumbling Sharks: How SA's franchises fared in Europe A full report card of all the South African sides that competed in the URC and European Cups. Read more Vineyard Workers Trust presents its first vineyard school to empower workers from 13 farms "A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination, and now a hero by necessity."- David Gemmell, Legend. Read more Don't give up on SA just yet: 6 tips for the future from News24's summit There are reasons to be hopeful for South Africa's future, many of which were discussed at News24's On The Record summit in Cape Town on Thursday. Here's a recap of the top takeaways for those who missed the exciting event. DOWNLOAD THE NEWS24 APP CONNECT WITH US

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