Port Elizabeth TVET College. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula says the party will accelerate the expansion of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. Mbalula says this is to address the issue of the shortage of institutions of higher learning, and to ensure that young people gain the necessary skills….
Over 50 Putco buses razed to ashes 2 minutes Mpumalanga police say they’ve heightened their alert level following a brazen attack on Putco bus depots in the Nkangala District on Monday evening. A group of unknown armed suspects reportedly targeted several depots in the province, resulting in over 50 buses razed to ashes. The transport…
File image: Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda maintains his innocence, saying the fraud charges against him are malicious and political. Gwamanda stands accused of defrauding some Soweto residents in an alleged funeral policy scheme that ran between 2011 and 2012 through his then-company Ithemba lama Afrika. He appeared…
File image: Nehawu members down tools. 1 minute The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) is today expected to submit a memorandum of demands to the National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank (SARB) in a bid to prevent the impending liquidation of Ithala Bank. According to Nehawu, the bank’s more than 400…
Girls walk to school in South Africa’s poor Eastern Cape province. 2 minutes Communities living in farming areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo have expressed concerns about the future of their children’s education. They accuse the Department of Basic Education of neglecting their schools, unlike in urban and township areas where officials regularly visit during school…
File Image: The slow decay of the city is driving investors away. 1 minute The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) has raised concerns about the deteriorating state of municipal governance, warning that it poses significant risks to investor confidence. Property owners and investors are facing rising costs for essential services such as electricity and…
File image: South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles in Stilfontein, North West. 1 minute North West police have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a body at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. This is one of the shafts that illegal miners used to emerge from underground between November and December last year, at the…
Tiger Woods of the US during the press conference at the 152nd Open Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland, Britain on July 16, 2024. 2 minutes Tiger Woods and his Jupiter Links Golf Club team prevailed in overtime 4-3 over Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf squad in the best match yet of…
Vacant piece of land. 2 minutes Alternative policy proposals to fast-track land reform are amongst some of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) offerings to the discussions at the two-day Cabinet Lekgotla starting today. The PAC is one of 10 political parties that are part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). These parties will hold…
Terrorisms accused Ziyadh Hoorzook appears in court. 2 minutes The Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) has expressed optimism that the terror financing case against Ziyadh Hoorzook will not hold up in court. This follows Hoorzook’s release on R30 000 bail by the Lichtenburg Magistrate’s Court in the North West yesterday. Hoorzook, 35, was arrested at his…
