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Scholar transport vehicle. Gauteng Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela is continuing her engagement with scholar transport operators, despite most of them boycotting the session in Johannesburg. The meeting was postponed last weekend, as the Joburg City Hall was too small to accommodate all operators. It has been moved to the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto Campus on…

Miss SA Qhawekazi Mazaleni. South Africans have taken to social media to congratulate Miss South Africa 2025. Twenty-four-year-old Qhawekazi Mazaleni is from East London in the Eastern Cape. She was crowned at a glittering 67th Miss South Africa pageant at the Sun Square Arena in Pretoria on Saturday night. Mazaleni will receive R1 million and…

NSFAS Logo. Aggrieved student accommodation service providers have demanded NSFAS roadshow officials should address their payment issues collectively after they refused to be assisted individually. The service providers were holding a meeting with NSFAS today in Bloemfontein in the Free State today. They claim that they are owed money for housing students dating back to…

A South African Police Service graphic, illustrating a hunt for shooting suspects. Police say the suspects in the mass shooting in Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni are known gangsters who are currently out on bail. The have launched a manhunt for the suspects after a drive-by shooting in which six people were killed and three others…

SIU’s operation at a Sandhurst home connected to Tembisa Hospital Capture investigation. The Activists and Citizens Forum is questioning the lack of arrests in the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal, despite the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) identifying suspects and confiscating assets. Over R2 billion has been allegedly stolen from the hospital, through corruption with syndicates working…

A flooded river stream. Johannesburg Emergency Services have urged residents to avoid river streams used for baptisms and cleansing rituals, as heavy rains continue across the province. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) upgraded its Orange level 5 warning to Level 9 for heavy downpours. The rain is expected to cause localised flooding in parts…

Three people have died and at least 12 others were seriously injured after a bus plunged off a bridge in Maidstone, oThongathi. 1 minute Three people have died and at least 12 others were seriously injured after a bus plunged off a bridge in Maidstone, oThongathi, north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, this morning. According to…

Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe 2 minutes Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe has called on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to get its act together. This is after students complained about late payments at TVET colleges. The capturing of students’ information was also…