NSFAS Logo. The Department of Higher Education says it has so far received more than 400 000 Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications for the 2026 academic year. The Student Financial Aid Scheme has called on prospective students to apply before next month’s closing date. Higher Education Department spokesperson Matshepo Seedat says most applications have…
FILE | City of Cape Town Disaster Management’s fire engines. Firefighting crews are battling to contain a blaze which is threatening properties near Glencairn in Cape Town’s Southern Peninsula. The City’s Fire and Rescue Spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, says they responded to the scene earlier on Thursday. “The fire is currently threatening the area near Capri, where…
FILE | Minibus taxis at a road block. The Western Cape Mobility Minister, Isaac Sileku has published a notice of intent in the Provincial Gazette to extend taxi route closures between Somerset West, Mfuleni, Khayelitsha and Strand. The routes were shut down for 30 days last month, following widespread gun violence in which at least…
FILE | Former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa. The legal representative of one of the accused in the assassination of former African National Congress (ANC) Youth League Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa has recused himself, resulting in the case being postponed to next month. The recusal comes after the state made an application…
Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The Pretoria High Court has struck off an urgent court roll case brought by the dissolved South African Tourism board against Minister Patricia de Lille. The ousted board had approached the court on an urgent basis, seeking to be reinstated following De Lille’s decision to dissolve it…
University of Free State campus entrance. The University of the Free State says its Bloemfontein and South Campus staff have returned to work, while the Qwaqwa campus remains closed, after severe damage sustained on the campus on Monday. Students embarked on a violent protest to show their dissatisfaction over the announcement that the institution is…
SATAWU members marching on the streets of Polokwane demanding that the employer, the Great North Transport pay workers their pension funds, May 28. Scores of disgruntled current and former employees of the government-owned bus company Great North Transport have been protesting outside the Office of the Limpopo Premier for a second day. They are demanding…
Advocate Thabani Masuku arguing at the High Court in Pretoria. Counsel for former President Jacob Zuma, Advocate Thabani Masuku, says the High Court in Pretoria should reinterpret the fairness of orders compelling Zuma to repay approximately R28 million to the state. The money was applied for by the Presidency and approved by the State Attorney…
Uncut diamonds from southern Africa and Canada are seen at De Beers headquarters in London, Britain, January 17, 2011. Namibia’s central bank governor Johannes !Gawaxab called on Wednesday for an extension to a royalty discount granted to Namdeb to help the diamond miner through a protracted global market downturn, marked by falling demand and a…
Matric learners in an exam room. The Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, will lead the National Senior Certificate Pledge Signing Ceremony at Vorentoe High School in Rossmore, Johannesburg, on Friday. The event comes ahead of the 2025 matric exams that will be written from Monday next week. Gauteng Education Spokesperson Steve Mabona says at the…
