1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues. Live proceedings below:
A doctor wearing a stethoscope. 1 minute The unemployment of qualified doctors has become a serious concern as over 1 500 of them remain jobless in South Africa. A group of unemployed doctors in KwaZulu-Natal have now taken a stand, as they prepare to march from the UNISA Pietermaritzburg campus on Monday morning to highlight…
Shares of Netflix soared 13%. 3 minutes Shares of Netflix soared 13% to an all-time high on Wednesday after the streaming giant’s big bet on sports helped add a record 18.9 million subscribers in the holiday quarter, ballooning its already sizeable advantage over other players. The company also unveiled price hikes on Tuesday in markets…
Struggle veteran Major-General Keith Mokoape. 1 minute Struggle veteran Major-General Keith Mokoape will be buried in Midrand, Johannesburg today. The former ANC armed wing’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) intelligence chief died last weekend. Major-General Mokoape led MK major operations across southern Africa, serving in leadership positions in Botswana, Mozambique and Swaziland. In 2018, Major-General Mokoape…
File image: Former SARA leader Colleen Makhubele with MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. 1 minute Former South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA) leader Colleen Makhubele and Bapedi Crown Prince Adil Nchabeleng will be sworn in as members of Parliament for uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party on Tuesday next week. The MK Party’s seats in the house became…
A lecture room at a campus 3 minutes The Civil Organization, Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), wants private student accommodation to be managed by tertiary academic institutions like before. This comes after a string of concerns relating to the delays in NSFAS funding, affecting students and financially crippling service providers. The Private Student Housing Association is…
A dry tap. 2 minutes The mayors of some municipalities within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District in the North West are calling for more support from both the provincial and national governments, to resolve service delivery challenges. They include water shortages, poor revenue collection and financial mismanagement. They made these remarks during an oversight visit…
Learners in a classroom. 1 minute The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has denied allegations of only cutting contract teacher’s posts from schools in poor areas. This after research and education consultant, Dr Seelan Naidoo claimed that over 400 public schools in the wealthy suburbs of Cape Town were spared from teacher job cuts. He…
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at at government event. 2 minutes The families of victims and survivors of apartheid-era crimes have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to establish a Commission of Inquiry into political interference, in the prosecution of cases from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The TRC was launched in 1995 after the end…
A school building. 1 minute More than 1,600 learners are yet to be placed at Limpopo schools. The most affected areas are Polokwane, Mokopane, Tzaneen and Lephalale. The provincial education department says placements will be finalised by the end of this month. In a statement, the department says the Pietersburg circuit in Polokwane has the…
