Higher education students protesting on campus, over NSFAS funding. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme NSFAS has announced new funding measures to tackle a major shortfall for the 2025-2026 academic year. NSFAS and the Higher Education and Training Department have allocated R13.3 billion from their existing budget to 34 000 students with blocked registrations, as…
National Wills Week is a drive to educate the public about the drafting of and having a will. Legal practitioner Advocate Mahlatse Mkhari has highlighted the value of writing a will. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has embarked on a campaign to educate people across the country about structuring a will. This as…
FILE | A man throws water on a shack engulfed in flames in Langa, Cape Town, in this image captured on 16 April 2022. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the death of three siblings at the Phumasilwe Informal Settlement in Tembisa is a call for action. The girls Relebohile, Lethabo and Kgothatso Sekaoke, aged between…
FILE | Home Affairs Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber addresses the media briefing. Home Affairs Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber says South Africa is behind other countries in embracing digital transformation to avoid identity fraud. He was in Parliament on Wednesday to respond to oral questions. Government is collaborating with the banking sector and the South African…
School classroom with tables and chairs. Six St Johns’ College teachers in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape have been suspended pending internal investigation by the Provincial Education Department. On Monday, teaching and learning came to a halt at the school, as learners took to the streets over allegations of sexual harassment against some teachers. The…
Dignitaries at the event where 120 teachers and principals were honoured for driving classroom transformation. Funda Wande, in partnership with the Limpopo Department of Education, has announced major improvements in reading and maths among young learners across 30 schools in the province. The results, released in Polokwane, show that Foundation Phase learners (Grades R–3) are…
Hawks and police vehicles outside the municipality’s offices The investigation of corruption allegations against the Polokwane Municipality in Limpopo has intensified. The Hawks have searched and seized documents from municipal offices. There have been allegations by some concerned residents and political parties levelled against Executive Mayor John Mpe and Municipal Manager Thuso Nemugumoni. The duo…
Gutted Usindiso building Alleged arsonist Sthembiso Mdlalose, accused of setting the hijacked Usindiso building on fire that claimed 76 lives, says he was nowhere near the building on that tragic night. Mdlalose faces 76 counts of murder, 86 counts of attempted murder and arson. He says he gave false statements because he wanted to be…
Businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala appears in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala has been denied bail at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court. He is facing charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and money laundering. He allegedly ordered a hit to have his former partner Tebogo Thobejane killed in October 2023….
Community activists on the Cape Flats say residents of the area are living in fear as gang violence escalates. More than a dozen people have been killed in the violence in the past week. This includes shooting incidents in Kraaifontein. Chairperson of the Mitchell’s Plain Community Police Forum, Norman Jantjes says they have noticed an increase…
