A 47-year-old foreign national has been arrested and 10 teenage boys rescued in Mulbarton, south of Johannesburg. Police were alerted to a group of eight half-naked teenagers walking on foot. HAWKS Spokesperson Katlego Mogale says officers established that the teenagers were foreign nationals who could not speak English. Mogale says officers were also informed that there were two more boys who had already been…
NSFAS Logo. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it’s introducing a centralised, transparent database for accommodation applications and providers for the 2026 academic year. Acting Board Chairperson, Dr. Mugwena Maluleke, says allowances for students in private accommodation will now be paid directly to accredited providers. Previously, many students struggled to secure housing, with…
NSFAS Acting Chairperson, Dr Mugwena Maluleke The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has completed all funding decisions for the 2026 academic year ahead of the reopening of universities and colleges. It says it had received over 893 000 applications from first-time entering students, with more than 609 000 applications qualifying for financial aid….
A passenger has been killed when a minibus taxi overturned on the N1 near Sebetiela toll gate outside Mokopane in Limpopo. A passenger has died and 14 others have been injured when the minibus taxi they were traveling in, overturned on the N1 south near Sebetiela tollgate in Mokopane, Limpopo. This comes as holidaymakers are…
A school classroom. The Gauteng Education Department says 4 858 learners are yet to be placed in schools for the 2026 academic year. The department says this represents 1.5% of the total of 358 574 applications received for the new school year. Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona says most of the placement pressure is in…
A picture depicting a drowning. The Mayor of the Maruleng Local Municipality in Limpopo has sent condolences to the families of the two girls who drowned on Friday in the Molomahlapi River in Butswana village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. Nine-year-old Bonolo Dibakoane and eight-year-old Nothando Mphogo were last seen playing near the river. Mayor Tsheko…
South African soccer fans at a stadium. Motorists passing through Bloemfontein remain confident that Bafana Bafana will beat their opponents Cameroon in a knockout game tonight. Bafana Bafana made it through to the last 16 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Angola and Zimbabwe and losing to Egypt in the group stages. Teboho Mokoena shares…
Court gavel and scales of justice The Western Cape Education Department says it has noted the Labour Court judgment in favour of the reinstatement of Welsey Neumann as the Principal of Heathfield High School in Cape Town. Neumann was dismissed on multiple counts of misconduct relating to COVID-19 disputes. The court reduced Neumann’s dismissal to a final written warning. …
A runner cools down with water. People in KwaZulu-Natal, especially in Durban and surrounding areas, have been asked to take care to stay hydrated in the excessive heat. With maximum temperatures that can reach the upper 30s, the spokesperson for one of the private ambulances in KwaZulu-Natal, Garrith Jamieson, warns that it can be equivalent…
Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Dada Morero, says the third and final phase of Rand Water’s planned maintenance programme is scheduled to take place from Tuesday to the 8th of January. Morero says the upgrade will cause temporary water supply disruptions in some areas of Johannesburg. He indicates that areas including the Roodepoort Deep Reservoir, Fleurhof Reservoir,…
