Resultantly Scottland climbed to the top of the table two points ahead of second placed Mwos with one game to go having been awarded the match on a 3-0 scoreline. Scottland have inched closer to promotion into the Premier Soccer League after they were awarded maximum points in their abandoned Northern Region Division One match…
1 minute The South African Medical Association Trade Union (SAMATU) has announced plans to escalate its campaign for the placement of unemployed doctors by engaging directly with the Finance Minister. This decision follows a series of protests across various provinces, including one in the Eastern Cape yesterday, aimed at highlighting the challenges faced by unemployed…
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…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 1 minute Former Municipal Manager of the Doctor JS Moroka Municipality in Mpumalanga, Thami Khubeka, will either serve two years in jail or pay a R50 000 fine. The Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mbombela handed down his sentence yesterday. It had found Khubeka guilty of contravening the Finance Management Act. …
The seven young South African scientists attending the 74th Lindau Laureates meeting in Germany. Seven young scientists specialising in chemistry were selected by the Academy of Sciences South Africa (ASSAf) to represent the country at the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting held on 29 June to 5 July in Lindau Germany. The meeting is held…
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had a torrid time in Parliament on Wednesday, while responding to the legislators who raised concerns over the currency devaluation despite the rising price of gold on the world market. The ZiG depreciated to US$1:ZWG24,39 from a prior day…
President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) bill into law at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on September 13, 2024. 1 minute Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa to sign the two remaining clauses of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act into law. The three-month deadline for negotiations on the…
Source: Reuters. Potentially market moving data this week is not due until Thursday in the form of US CPI, and until then the tone remains set by Friday’s data which showed the US economy unexpectedly added the most jobs in six months in September. Markets slashed bets on a 50-basis-point rate cut at the Federal…
Rondavel 1 minute The Mpolweni family in Khwenxurha in the Eastern Cape says living under appalling conditions is affecting their children’s education. This family lives in dilapidated rondavels and is headed by the 72-year-old Nonambala Mpolweni, the sole provider for her son and granddaughter. They have no access to electricity or running water. Mpolweni says…
Member of Parliament’s Transport Portfolio Committee, Makashule Gana has called for enhanced security measures at the country’s airports, particularly at the O.R Tambo International Airport. This follows a serious security breach at OR Tambo after a passenger boarded a flight to Ethiopia with two training hand grenades in their checked luggage. The breach which was only…
