A lecture room at a campus 3 minutes The Civil Organization, Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), wants private student accommodation to be managed by tertiary academic institutions like before. This comes after a string of concerns relating to the delays in NSFAS funding, affecting students and financially crippling service providers. The Private Student Housing Association is…
A dry tap. 2 minutes The mayors of some municipalities within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District in the North West are calling for more support from both the provincial and national governments, to resolve service delivery challenges. They include water shortages, poor revenue collection and financial mismanagement. They made these remarks during an oversight visit…
Learners in a classroom. 1 minute The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has denied allegations of only cutting contract teacher’s posts from schools in poor areas. This after research and education consultant, Dr Seelan Naidoo claimed that over 400 public schools in the wealthy suburbs of Cape Town were spared from teacher job cuts. He…
A school building. 1 minute More than 1,600 learners are yet to be placed at Limpopo schools. The most affected areas are Polokwane, Mokopane, Tzaneen and Lephalale. The provincial education department says placements will be finalised by the end of this month. In a statement, the department says the Pietersburg circuit in Polokwane has the…
Acting North West Police Commissioner Major-General Patrick Asaneng speaking at a SAPS event. 2 minutes Acting North West Police Commissioner Major-General Patrick Asaneng says there are concerns that police officers are complicit in the escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin James Tshoaeli. Police are still searching for him. Tshoaeli, who was arrested in Stilfontein near…
Complainant Andiswa Mengo testifies at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge on January 17, 2025. 3 minutes Judges’ Secretary, Andiswa Mengo, has told the Judicial Conduct Tribunal tasked with probing sexual harassment allegations against Judge President Selby Mbenenge that she did not have the courage to…
Healthcare workers assist patients. 3 minutes The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Gauteng has expressed concern about the declining number of nurses entering the profession. This comes as the province is facing a shortage of nurses and a dwindling number of student intake at nursing colleges and universities. The union is currently…
Moroadi Cholota at the High Court in Bloemfontein for her bail hearing. 1 minute The High Court in Bloemfontein is set to deliver judgment today in the case of Moroadi Cholota, the former personal assistant to ex-Free State Premier Ace Magashule. Cholota, 37, is challenging the legality of her arrest and seeking to have her…
[File photo]: Bullets, a gun and police tape pictured. 2 minutes The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Western Cape has called for police visibility in schools to ensure the safety of teachers and learners. This follows the fatal shooting of a school principal this morning in Ekuthuleni Primary School, in Kraaifontein, outside…
A South African Police Service badge seen at a police station. 1 minute A police officer has been granted R4,000 bail by the East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape. Patricia August is accused of the theft of more than R1 million from the Crime Intelligence Offices in the city and obstructing justice. The…
