Teacher marking a question paper 2 minutes Marking of the 2024 National Senior Certificate Examination will begin on the 1st of December. Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube says scripts are now being moved to marking centres across the country. She says overall the administration of the exams has been successful, despite a number of…
[FILE IMAGE]: President Cyril Ramaphosa with his Phala Phala Game Reserve in the background. 3 minutes Legal counsel for President Cyril Ramaphosa has argued that the National Assembly was correct not to adopt the Section 89 independent panel report in the Phala Phala matter as it was fundamentally flawed. Advocate Geoff Budlender has been arguing…
A new hydrogen fuel cell truck. 2 minutes Renewable energy and the unintentional danger it poses were some of the topics discussed at the 9th BRICS Young Scientists Forum currently under way in Sochi, Russia. A game changer for the green hydrogen sector in South Africa is the storage units being constructed to keep the…
People queueing to collect water. 2 minutes Roads in and around Westbury and Coronationville in Johannesburg have been reopened following protest action this morning. Scores of disgruntled residents took to the streets to protest over water cuts in the areas for the past four years. They claim that they only get water between midnight and…
EFF leader Julius Malema addressing party supporters outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. 3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that he is confident that the party will win the Phala Phala farm theft case against President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. The EFF is challenging Parliament’s decision to…
FILE | Anti-GBV march 1 minute Some of the men taking part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (GBV) march in Bloemfontein say it is time men took a firm stand against the scourge. They say adding their voice and activism to denounce violence and killing of women and children will make…
A customer keys in an electricity token. 2 minutes Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says most of the customers who did not come forward to upgrade their meter numbers by the end of the deadline, are people who have not been buying electricity. Ramokgopa was briefing the media in Cape Town on…
Banknotes of Chinese yuan and US dollar are seen in this illustration picture 3 minutes A pledge by President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China sent their currencies lower against the dollar on Tuesday, renewing the specter of trade wars and fanning uncertainty in other currency pairs. Trump said that on…
Workers harvest spinach at a farm 4 minutes The Human Rights Commission (HRC) says that the lack of land ownership among farm dwellers leads to discrimination and racial evictions by farm owners. The Commission has urged the government to ensure that farm dwellers receive title deeds as part of the Land Tenure Act. The Commission…
Longwe Twala during a court appearance. 2 minutes The case against Longwe Twala has been postponed to 4 December in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg to afford the investigating officer time to verify the accused’s details. Longwe, who is the son of legendary songwriter Chicco Twala, appeared briefly in court this morning. He was…
