SACP welcomes Noxolo Kiviet’s appointment as public service minister

The South African Communist Party has praised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new cabinet announcement.

The party says it is looking forward to working with the new Public Service and Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet.

“Comrade Noxolo is an experienced comrade. We are looking forward for her to stabilize the sector, to engage with the unions, and to make sure that we rejuvenate the public sector and public service,” said the SACP’s General Secretary, Solly Mapaila.

Source: eNCA

In other news – Police say drug overdose might have killed Pearl Shongwe

Late radio news reader Pearl Shongwe‘s cause of death has been suspected to be a drug overdose. A local publication reports that police officers found drugs in her bedroom when they did a cleanup at her home.

“We suspect drug overdose because we have found drugs in her bedroom when we were combing the house for possible leads to her death,” the police officer told the publication. They further stated that they are looking into surveillance cameras to determine who might have been the last person to be with Shongwe while she was alive. Learn More