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  • Gwarube tells class of 2025 to be proud of their hard work
  • Over half of KwaZulu-Natal schools not ready to reopen: Sadtu
  • Search operation continues for missing 17-year-old at Vaal River
  • Strong winds fuel fire flare-ups in Kouga and Mandela Bay
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Gwarube tells class of 2025 to be proud of their hard work

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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says all learners from the matric class of 2025 should be proud of their hard work and determination. She is expected to announce the top achievers as well as national and provinces’ pass rates on Monday. Individual results are set to be released on Tuesday….

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Over half of KwaZulu-Natal schools not ready to reopen: Sadtu

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File: Dipalidated school classrooms. The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) is warning that more than half of the schools in KwaZulu-Natal are not ready to reopen this week. A survey conducted by the union among 247 school principals shows that 54% of the schools do not have money, stationary, textbooks or cleaning materials. In…

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Search operation continues for missing 17-year-old at Vaal River

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Vaal River. Gauteng police say they are doing everything possible to find the body of a 17-year-old who is suspected to have fallen off a boat into the Vaal River on Friday. Members of the South African Police Service’s Water Wing, Search and Rescue Unit, are continuing with the search. The teenager disappeared during a…

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Strong winds fuel fire flare-ups in Kouga and Mandela Bay

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Fire crews working to combat raging fires in the area. The wind has picked up around Nelson Mandela Bay and Kouga municipalities in the Eastern Cape leading to flare-ups once again. Fires around Wedgewood Golf Estate and parts of the old Cape Road in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro are being extinguished, while firefighters in the…

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SA borders under strain as festive season return rush peaks: BMA

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FILE| A view of Lebombo Border Post. The Border Management Authority (BMA) says South Africa’s land borders are under severe strain as the festive season return leg enters its final days. BMA Commissioner Michael Masiapato says more than 25 000 travellers are being processed daily at Beitbridge alone, warning that outdated border infrastructure is struggling…

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Tshwane Substation fails again, prolonging East Pretoria blackout

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Substation in Pretoria East The City of Tshwane in Gauteng says it’s working hard to restore power in most parts of Pretoria East, including the Koedoespoort Substation, which went down on the 26th of last month and left residents without electricity for 12 days. The substation went off again on Saturday, affecting 20 mini-substations. Other…

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Day Zero looms as Knysna issues water consumption warning

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A drop of water from a tap. The Knysna Municipality in the Western Cape has warned residents to keep household water consumption to below six kiloliters a month as the town is inching closer to Day Zero. Days of usable water are numbered in the Akkerkloof Dam. Below-average rainfall, failing infrastructure, and rising demand have…

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Man arrested after alleged assault, rape of elderly woman in Limpopo

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Handscuffs indicating an arrest made. A 30 year-old man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and raping a 95-year-old woman on Friday night at Vleesboom village in Sekhukhune, Limpopo. Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says the suspect, who is known to the victim, attacked her at her home. Mashaba says the suspect is expected to appear…

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Severe weather forces closure of Pafuri, Giriyondo border posts

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SANParks is relocating campers from high-risk areas Severe weather conditions have forced the temporary closure of the Pafuri and Giriyondo Border Posts in the Kruger National Park (KNP), following a Level 6 severe weather warning issued for parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The Border Management Authority made the decision amid relentless heavy rainfall across the…

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Fire crews contain flames in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

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Fire crews working to combat raging fires in the area. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro says there have been flare-ups of the fire in the Wedgewood Golf Estate and on the N2 wind farm, however, fire and emergency services on the ground have contained the flames. Residents are urged to be vigilant and steer clear…

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