Boksburg scholar transport accident sparks safety concerns

File: An accident scene. A vehicle transporting learners is reported to have crashed in Dawn Park, Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Details are still sketchy. Between 2018 and 2022, over 800 learners have been killed in crashes involving scholar transport vehicles. Concerns are being raised about the rising number of crashes involving scholar transport. In January…

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MKP rejects extension on Ramaphosa’s Ad Hoc Committee questions

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Member Sibonelo Nomvalo at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on March 3, 2026. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s request to extend his submission of answers to Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee’s written questions to next Monday. The committee had previously sent him a list of written questions…

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Lekota’s first memorial service to take place on Wednesday

Former COPE leader and Free State premier, Mosiuoa Lekota Congress of the People (COPE) says its leader, Mosiuoa Lekota’s first memorial service will take place on Wednesday at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto, Johannesburg. The church played an important role during the struggle against apartheid. Another memorial service will take place in Bloemfontein…

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MPs visit Kimberley after Ekapa body retrieval

Miners’ boots outside Ekapa Minerals Mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape on February 28, 2026. Members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources will visit Kimberley in the Northern Cape on Tuesday. Their visit follows the recovery of the body of one of the five trapped workers at the Ekapa Minerals Mine on Monday….

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Carrim to face tough questions over Matlala, Maumela payments

File: North-West businessman Suliman Carrim North-West businessman Suliman Carrim will face cross-examination when he returns to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria this morning. Carrim’s accusation of having links to alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and businessman Morgan Maumela was at the centre of his testimony yesterday. Carrim says Matlala had asked him…

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