Security stepped up ahead of 2025 matric exams: Umalusi

Umalusi Senior Manager for Quality Assurance Dr Mary-Antoinette Dliwayo briefs the media in Pretoria on October 15, 2025. Education quality assurance body, Umalusi, says security measures have been tightened ahead of the 2025 matric exams, which are scheduled to start next week Tuesday. The council says printing and storage of papers is underway and that…

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Students say vacating UFS mid-month is inconveniencing

UFS entrance at Qwaqwa campus. Students say vacating the University of the Free State Qwa Qwa campus mid-month is inconveniencing those coming from disadvantaged families. They say going back home at this point is financially distressing. The university ordered students to vacate the campus within 24 hours following protests on Monday night which left some…

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Graft case against 14 accused in Limpopo postponed to next year

A gavel used in the court of law. Fourteen people accused of fraud and corruption will be back in the Polokwane Special Commercial Crimes Court in Limpopo in January next year. They include former African National Congress (ANC) member of the provincial legislature, Tally Mashamaite and former Mogalakwena mayor, Andrina Matsemela. They are facing 107 fraud and corruption charges…

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LIVE: Madlanga Commission of Inquiry | 14 October 2025

Media houses Daily Maverick and News 24, which are opposing submissions by evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission to hold this week’s proceedings in-camera, argue that the decision will have an impact on the media and the vast majority of South Africans. The commission is expected to give an outcome to the opposing arguments by…

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