Learners seen in class. The Basic Education Department has conceded that it has seen a regression in learners’ comprehension skills in the past four years. This follows its confirmation that it will not make coding and robotics compulsory subjects in schools, citing systemic challenges. The department says a decrease in the number of learners who…
Entreprenuer Edward Kgarose is crafting a unique sweet potato-flavoured drinking yoghurt. A 35-year-old Limpopo entrepreneur has unearthed a hidden opportunity in the yoghurt industry. Edward Kgarose, who is from Molepo, outside Polokwane, is crafting a unique sweet potato-flavoured drinking yoghurt. He launched the factory for his business in 2016. Kgarose’s products are sold in selected…
File: Professor Barney Pityana Former Black Consciousness Movement leader, Professor Barney Pityana, has told delegates the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) 27th National Congress, in Bloemfontein, that they have the duty to transform the country. The organisation has announced its intention to contest the local government elections next year. Pityana says more should be done to…
KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing led by Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
A person holds up a sign against shielding of rapists. Limpopo police are looking for a man suspected to have raped a baby in Lusaka village outside Tzaneen. The incident happened in the early hours of yesterday when the baby, who is one year and eight months old, was sleeping with two family members. The…
Family, friends and fellow musicians gathered to pay their last respects to world renowned trumpeter and flugelhornist, Fezile Feya Faku in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Faku passed away at the age of 63 while touring in Switzerland. Speaking on behalf of the family, Gift Ngqondi expressed mixed emotions as they are happy with the…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe looks dejected after the match. It is too soon to say whether Kylian Mbappe will start in Real Madrid’s Club World Cup quarter-final match against Borussia Dortmund today, coach Xabi Alonso said, as the French forward continues his recovery from gastroenteritis. Mbappe made his tournament debut on Tuesday as Real Madrid…
FILE | ANC Gauteng Chair Panyaza Lesufi greets former party DP David Mabuza Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says he feels orphaned by former Deputy President David Mabuza’s death. Mabuza passed away yesterday at age 64 and served as deputy president from 2018 to 2024 under President Cyril Ramaphosa. Lesufi was one of many state officials…
The North-West University proudly welcomes the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and distinguished guests for a landmark National Dialogue. The North West University in partnership with Strategic Dialogue Group (SDG) and the Thabo Mbeki Foundation held inaugural discussions, where challenges such as the high unemployment rate, poverty and inequality were in the spotlight. In his announcement, President…
Police have deployed additional units to Mitchells Plain, on the Cape Flats, after a number of fatal shootings in the area this week. On Thursday, five people were gunned down and seven others wounded in gang-related shooting incidents at different locations. Authorities say multi-disciplinary deployments have been bolstered in an effort to find the perpetrators….
