Traffic officer checking if the vehicle is roadworthy. 1 minute Gauteng Traffic Police have called on public transport operators to ensure that their vehicles are roadworthy before taking learners to school. Traffic Police spokesperson, Sello Maremane says operators should exercise extreme caution on roads which may still be wet and slippery due to heavy rainfall….
Limpopo top achievers honoured in Polokwane. 2 minutes Limpopo Education MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya says the province’s 2024 matric results show that they are on the right track. Lerule-Ramakhanya was speaking at the provincial matric results announcement in Polokwane on Tuesday. The province has achieved 85.01%, an increase of 5.5% from last year’s results. Lerule-Ramakhanya says good…
Rescue operations are under way to free trapped illegal miners. 2 minutes The bodies of illegal mineworkers have been brought to the surface from a disused mine in Stilfontein in the North West. Twenty-six illegal miners have also been brought out of two shafts of the disused mine. This follows a government-led operation. The Mineral…
Matric class of 2024 top achievers take a picture with Minister Siviwe Gwarube and Department of Basic Education officials. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape matric class of 2024 has improved for the fourth consecutive year, achieving an 84.9% pass rate. The province is also among the top three highest achievers of bachelor passes. St Dominic’s…
The top achievers of the 2024 matric class seen at the Mosaiek Church in Johannesburg. 2 minutes The Free State Education Department says its interventions in preparing the matric class of 2024 for exams have paid off. This is after the province retained its number-one spot for the sixth consecutive year. It has achieved a…
1 minute The Gauteng Portfolio Committee on Education says the province’s matric achievements reflect its commitment to deliver quality education. Gauteng has secured an 88.4% pass rate, maintaining its third position nationally. Mhlongo says they have also secured the second highest number of Bachelor passes in the country. “Special recognition is given to Johannesburg West District,…
Bullet casings and broken glass. Crime scene. 1 minute A taxi security guard was fatally shot, and several others were injured during a shootout involving alleged rival taxi groups in Nyanga on the Cape Flats. Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembesile Patekile confirmed that 13 rifles and seven handguns were seized at the scene. Nineteen security…
1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against the Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues. LIVE STREAM:
The matric pass rate is the highest in the history of South Africa at 87%. 1 minute The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) says learners who fail resort to extreme measures including suicide. The group is reacting to Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube’s announcement of the 2024 matric results on Monday. The Class…
2 minutes Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has attributed the achievement of the matric class of 2024 to the support of teachers and parents. The matric pass rate is the highest in the history of South Africa at 87.3%. The national pass rate for the National Senior Certificate examinations has increased from 82.9% in 2023. All…
