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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has announced that the Interim Report by the National Investigative Task Team (NITT) into the recent matric examination breach, has found that the leak was in-fact a department employee. The NITT was setup after 40 matric candidates from eight schools in Tshwane were found to…

FILE | Mathematics exam paper Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says the results of the 40 matric learners who were caught cheating during their final examinations last year, will be withheld pending the outcome of an independent hearing. Earlier, the Minister announced that the Interim Report by the National Investigative Task Team (NITT) into the…

Bozell being sworn in by Republican US Senator Ted Cruz in Washington. Leo Brent Bozell III has been sworn in as US Ambassador-Designate to South Africa. The US Embassy shared an image of Bozell being sworn in by Republican US Senator Ted Cruz in Washington. Bozell is expected to arrive in South Africa later this…

Graphic illustrating a SAPS investigation. Gauteng police are looking for suspects in connection with the murder of two women whose bodies were dumped on the R28 road in Randfontein. The bodies are believed to be that of Nontokozo Mazibuko and Andiswa Sontangane. The women were reported missing on New Year’s Eve and were last seen in Evaton in the Vaal….

A roadblock to check vehicles and drivers. Gauteng Traffic Police have arrested 35 undocumented foreign nationals on the N1 southbound at Pumulani Plaza, on Friday morning, during a major roadblock. Officers stopped a minibus and found four undocumented passengers before spotting another 15-seater attempting to make a U-turn to evade police. The vehicle was chased…

Aftermath of a veld fire in the Nelson Mandela Bay area captured on 09 January 2026. Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Municipality in the Eastern Cape says fires have been brought under control in the metro. This follows ravaging fires in different parts of the metro and other parts of the Eastern Cape, causing damage to…

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube outlines measures to tighten matric exam security. The National Investigative Task Team (NITT) was set up following a matric exam cheating scandal where 26 matric candidates from seven schools in Pretoria were allegedly found to have accessed matric exam papers in three subjects, English Home Language(Papers 1, 2 and 3,…

Umalusi Chairperson Professor Yunus Ballim says the quality assurance body is satisfied with the manner and integrity with which the 2025 matric examinations were conducted. Ballim says Umalusi is confident that the matric results, which will be officially released by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube on Monday, were not compromised and remain credible. Umalusi was…

Soil of Africa says the number of unplaced learners shows poor planning Civil society organisation Soil of Africa says it rejects the Gauteng Department of Education’s claim that only 4 858 learners are unplaced for the 2026 academic year, calling it a failure and a crisis of governance. The organisation says thousands of children being…