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Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Puleng LenkaBula addresses the stakeholder engagement University of South Africa (Unisa) Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Puleng LenkaBula, has dismissed the report of the Independent Assessor into Unisa’s affairs. She described its findings as unfounded and misleading. The report alleged financial irregularities, as well as governance and leadership failures. It recommended…

Heightened security and conservation efforts help protect wildlife at Marakele National Park The management of the Marakele National Park in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, says it is strengthening efforts to combat crime, particularly rhino poaching, through increased ranger visibility and tighter access control measures across the park. These interventions form part of a broader strategy to safeguard…

University of Mpumalanga. Hundreds students at the University of Mpumalanga’s Mbombela campus remain stranded without transport, after services were suspended. This, in protest over the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) failure to pay for their services. Mpumalanga Association for Student Accommodation secretary, Amos Mdluli says they have not been paid and it is difficult…

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) News and Current Affairs Group Executive Deidre Uren. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has appointed Deidre “Dee” Uren as News and Current Affairs Group Executive, effective from April 1. SABC Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Nomsa Chabeli made the announcement at the public broadcaster’s head office in Auckland Park,…

Limpopo has been struck by foot rot in goats amid foot and mouth disease. Communal farmers in several villages, including Bungeni outside Louis Trichardt, in Limpopo, say they are experiencing cases of foot rot disease in goats due to the persistent rains. Advocate Shirhami Shirinda from the Bungeni Farming Forum says a number of cases…

The Administrator of the Services Sector Education and Training Authority, Mr. Lehlogonolo Masoga, hosts a media briefing to make an important announcement on developments related to whistleblowers on governance issues. This follows the recent press briefing by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, the Honourable Buti Manamela, on the mid-term progress report concerning three…

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

File image | Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala. The Activists and Citizens Forum is demanding an investigation into possible corruption by a top official at the Kgosi Mampuru Prison, following allegations of a close relationship with alleged cartel member, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. This is after Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told a parliamentary committee that Matlala received preferential…

Cast members seen at a movie set. The R7.5 billion Durban Film City project is seeing renewed progress following decades of legal disputes and municipal hurdles that stalled the beachfront development. Strategic interventions by the Presidential eThekwini Working Group have cleared the path for veteran producer Anant Singh to move forward with the world-class precinct….

President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to officiate a title deeds handover to claimant groups previously dispossessed of their land rights at Umzimkhulu, in southern KwaZulu-Natal. Ramaphosa, accompanied by Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso, will restore over 17 000 hectares of land to four claimant communities. These are the St…