Over 900 000 candidates set to write 2025 matric exams from Tuesday
Over 900 000 candidates set to write 2025 matric exams from Tuesday
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Ntuli pushes for mandatory disaster funding for KZN municipalities
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says he plans to make it compulsory for all municipalities to set aside part of their budgets for disaster management after the province continues to be severely affected by climate change. He was speaking at the launch of the Summer Disaster Risk Campaign in Harding. The summer…
Commercial flights at Polokwane Airport delayed, others cancelled
Inside the Polokwane International Airport on 21 October 2025. Commercial flights at the Polokwane International Airport have been delayed while others have been cancelled. The airport says it is awaiting approval for new regulations from the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), which helps pilots land safely in poor weather. Gateway Airports Authority CEO, Mokgadi Matli, says ATNS has…
Witness A says KT Molefe ‘owns’ police generals
File image: Close up of a Police officer’s badge. Witness A has testified how he received a phone call after from a “certain individual’ informing him that Katiso “KT” Molefe “owns” the police generals. The witness says he received a phone call shortly after Molefe was arrested. Molefe was arrested in December last year, after…
Contingency plans ready for Matric 2025: Gwarube
Pupil writing an exam Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says contingency measures are in place to address any unforeseen circumstances during the matric examinations. More than 900 000 candidates are expected to sit for the exams starting on Tuesday. Gwarube says provinces have also prepared alternative venues to ensure the examinations proceed smoothly in the…
Struggle veteran Cholo receives ANC’s highest Award, the Seaparankoe
ANC’s struggle veteran Dr Tlou Theophilus Cholo celebrates his 100th birthday. African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa has awarded the party’s centenarian struggle veteran, Dr Tlou Theophilus Cholo, the highest honour, known as the Seaparankoe Award. This is in recognition of his lifelong service to the liberation of South Africa. Dr Tlou Cholo is…
Airlink reports widespread flight disruptions, blames navigation services
SA Airlink aircraft. Local air carrier Airlink says it is suffering disruptions to its scheduled air services to several destinations. These include travelling from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay and Mthatha. The airline has pointed the finger of blame at South Africa’s Air Traffic Navigation Services, saying that the validity of these airports’ Instrument…
Four killed in multi-vehicle crash in Sasolburg
[File image] Four people have been killed and one critically injured in a multiple vehicle accident that occured on the R59 Vaalpark offramp in Sasolburg, Free State. FS Emergency Medical Services Spokesperson Sipho Towa has urged road users to exercise caution and seek an alternative route. The critically injured passenger will be airlifted to hospital….
CODETA distances itself from WC taxi violence
Taxi boss killed near Delft, Cape Town. Taxi organisation CODETA in the Western Cape has distanced itself from recent violence in the taxi industry. The violence led to the murder of a rival taxi boss on the R300, near Delft, on the Cape Flats. The deceased was a member of a rival taxi organisation, CATA….
Hawks member wanted Molefe operation case number: Witness A
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (R) chairs the commission established to probe criminality, political inference and corruption in the criminal justice system in Pretoria. Witness A has testified at the Madlanga Commission that he found it strange that a Hawks member wanted “a case number” when Organised Crime detectives led an operation at Katiso “KT” Molefe’s home….