Students are seen in a classroom as they receive lectures about prevention of sexual violence. 1 minute The Eastern Cape Education Department has deregistered a Matatiele-based school, following the refusal of its management to cooperate in an investigation into the rape of a seven-year-old learner. The incident happened in October last year. Education MEC Fundile Gade…
A person holds up a sign against shielding of rapists. 2 minutes Civil rights movement Not in My Name has called on the Basic Education Department to overhaul the way schools and officials handle the rape of learners. This follows public outrage at school officials’ lack of cooperation after the rape of a seven-year-old girl…
Recently a pupil from Limpopo committed suicide after a bullying incident at school 2 minutes The family of a Grade 12 learner from Kgabo Secondary School at Mokgokong Village, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, who committed suicide in October last year, has expressed outrage and frustration over the Department of Education’s continued silence on the matter….
A farming tractor. 2 minutes Members of the Sediba Irrigation Scheme Cooperative in Thaba Nchu, in the Free State have called on the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to release farming equipment worth R13.9 million. The equipment has been sitting idle at the Sediba Trust village since 2020. This is after the keys…
Dulcie September 1 minute Today marks the 37th commemoration since the assassination of Cape Town struggle stalwart Dulcie September. She was shot and killed on the 29th of March, 1988, while working as an ANC representative in Paris, France. She became involved in the struggle for the liberation of South Africa. There have been repeated…
A woman pleads against rape at the “Day of Action Against Rape” protest. 1 minute Close to 100 people are marching in Johannesburg calling for justice for a seven-year-old girl raped at a private school in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. The incident happened last year while the girl was waiting for transport to take…
A hospital ward with empty beds. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Mpumalanga is calling on the Health Professions Council to investigate the nurses accused of mistreating a patient at the Tonga Hospital in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga. This after a video of a naked patient being assaulted by a nurse circulated on social media early…
[File Image] Picture depicting a drowning 2 minutes Northern Cape police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of two boys, who drowned on Wednesday in Delportshoop. 14-year-old Falake Bebeza and 13-year-old Tlotlo Baranye attempted to swim in the Hartsrivier. Northern Cape and Northwest Search and Rescue Units retrieved the bodies of the boys on…
[File photo:] An open shaft left by illegal miners 1 minute Mpumalanga police have arrested seven illegal immigrants during Operation Vala Umgodi in Simile township in Sabie. The suspects, aged between 18 and 67, were found in possession of illegal mining equipment, which included Phendukas, gas cylinders, motors, oxygen cylinders and generators. Mpumalanga Police Acting…
PRASA employees seen at the Chris Hani rail station. 1 minute The Western Cape government has welcomed Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)’s trial operations on the Cape Town to Chris Hani in Khayelitsha rail corridor, in restoring public transport. The line was suspended in 2019 due to vandalism and theft. The line was…
