Gauteng Education Department MEC Matome Chiloane. Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, has warned parents against waiting until the last minute to apply for school admissions for their children. Chiloane was briefing the media in Johannesburg on the department’s readiness for the 2026 online admissions. Applications for learners who will be going to Grades 1 and…
Juvenile Chacma baboons play on a vehicle during a raid on refuse bins by a troop of Chacma baboons foraging in the residential neighborhood of Capri in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Nic Bothma Baboon management in Cape Town is once more in the spotlight following proposals by the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team…
For Mandela Day Philip Seroux coordinated logistics to raise funds and collect equipment for, to build the dilapidated house of an elderly woman in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo. Businesses, individuals, correctional services, police and other role-players in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, have collaborated to repair the dilapidated house of a 75-year-old woman. This…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula says Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on special leave, will not step aside from ANC duties. He was speaking on the sidelines of the ANC National Working Committee meeting, currently underway in Cape Town. The ANC National Working Committe (NWC) is assessing the structures of the…
England’s Jess Carter during the press conference. England defender Jess Carter said she has been the target of online racist abuse since Euro 2025 began in Switzerland, and announced on Sunday that she is stepping away from social media for the duration of the tournament. “Whilst every fan is entitled to their opinion on performance and result…
Funeral service for Theresa Solomon. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has described the city’s late former mayor, Theresa Solomon, as a leader who made a significant impact in uplifting the most vulnerable people. Solomon’s funeral is underway in Lansdowne. She died last week at the age of 79. Hill-Lewis says Solomon cared for communities. “She wanted…
SAPS says 500 000 of their applicants in the recruitment drive, are women The South African Police Service (SAPS) says over 300 of the one million people who have applied to join the service are graduates and 500 000 are women. Gauteng had the highest number of applicants for the Basic Police Development Learning Programme…
Ministers from across the globe gather for the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) side event at the G20 Fourth Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting in Durban on 16 July 2025. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors wrapped up the third finance track meeting, issuing a communique that highlights the complex challenges the world…
Family members of two people who died in a fire in the Kennedy Road informal settlement are appealing for assistance to bury their loved ones. A 25-year-old woman and her one-year-old child were killed when their house caught fire in the early hours of Saturday. A candle is suspected to have caused the fire. Over…
[File photo] Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane The Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane says she did not appear before Parliament as scheduled on Friday because she had other commitments. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has rejected the apology that she has submitted. The committee had asked Nkabane to appear before…
