Stranded CPUT students protest outside Parliament

CPUT students during a protest outside Parliament in Cape Town. As President Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering his State of the Nation Address (SONA), about 100 metres down the street, scores of students from the Cape Town University of Technology (CPUT) are staging a protest. Some carrying their luggage, saying, continued evictions from various student residences…

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There will be nowhere to hide for criminals: President

A Hawks vehicle. President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will be strengthening the Hawks and other entities to tackle corruption. He says the Whistleblowers Bill will also be introduced in Parliament. Ramaphosa is delivering the State of the Nation Address at the Cape Town City Hall in the Western Cape. The President says there will be nowhere to…

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SAAI rejects Ramaphosa’s centralised FMD vaccine initiative

FILE | Inspector checks cattle for Foot and Mouth disease. The Southern Africa Agriculture Initiative (SAAI) has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to centralise the national vaccination campaign and vaccine procurement of foot and mouth disease within the state. The farming network organisation has welcomed Ramaphosa’s announcement declaring foot and mouth disease a national disaster. However, it says the…

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Gauteng scholar transport providers have been paid: Mabona

Scholar Transport picking up students The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed that it has paid scholar transport service providers. The department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says all affected operations are expected to resume next Monday. Mabona further cautioned transport operators to avoid disruptions at all costs, warning that such actions negatively impact the wellbeing of learners…

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Truck theft in Putfontein under the spotlight at Madlanga Inquiry

IPID assistant director Thulani Magagula. The theft of a truck and its load in Putfontein, Benoni, east of Johannesburg, is under the spotlight at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. This follows allegations that officers from the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department’s (EMPD) specialised services unit committed the theft in 2023. The unit was apparently…

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