[File photo:] EMPD member. 1 minute The almost 400 suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police officers have until this Friday to respond in writing to the pre-dismissal letters issued to them. The 389 officers were suspended for participating in an illegal strike where they blocked highways using state vehicles in March this year. They were protesting over…
A trial within a trial at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on May 5, 202 to test the court’s jurisdiction of former Premier, Ace Magashule’s PA, Moroadi Cholota’s extradition claims. 1 minute Senior prosecutor Johan De Nysschen has questioned the authenticity of the transcripts revealed by senior counsel Laurence Hodes who is representing…
1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s appeal to have the African National Congress (ANC)’s cadre deployment policy declared unconstitutional has been dismissed with costs by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The party, which sought leave to appeal to the SCA on the grounds that the appellate court would reach a different conclusion, argued that…
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. 2 minutes The Judicial Conduct Tribunal has heard that Judge President Selby Mbenenge interpreted Judges’ Secretary Andiswa Mengo’s rolling on the floor laughing emoji response to the proposition of the pair being intimate as Mengo indicating that she was not amenable to being intimate…
FILE | Damaged school in Eastern Cape 1 minute The Department of Basic Education has been criticised for ongoing failures to address deteriorating infrastructure in public schools. This comes after the department presented an update on the state of school facilities to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education in Parliament yesterday. According to the department,…
Cyber-attack warning 1 minute Cyber security experts are warning students and management of Universities in South Africa to be more cautious as cyber-attacks are becoming more prevalent within such institutions. Cyber security company “KnowBe4 Africa” says the open nature of university networks, creates weaknesses, especially in email systems. A report by tech giant Microsoft points…
Taxi sign seen on top of an e-hailing vehicle. 3 minutes E-hailing drivers are fearing for their lives, following an increase in incidents of armed robberies and attacks by both clients and private taxi operators. According to the E-hailing Partners Council, both Bolt and Uber drivers are also get intimidated by members of the taxi…
Food at a school 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has confirmed that all outstanding payments to service providers involved in the National School Nutrition Programme were processed successfully as of yesterday. This follows a protest on Monday by service providers who demonstrated outside district offices, claiming they had not been paid for several…
1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge resumes today with the cross-examination of Forensic and Legal Linguist Doctor Zakeera Docrat. Live proceedings below:
[File Image] Students sleep at the gates of Umgungundlovu TVET College’s Msunduzi Campus in Pietermaritzburg after being evicted by landlords because they are unable to pay rent due to outstanding payments from Nsfas 1 minute The South African Students Federation (SASF) has asked the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, to intervene…
