Professor Dumisani Sibiya says children in early grades benefit greatly from learning in their mother tongue. As today marks International Mother Language Day, there’s been an emphasis on the need for mother tongue based education, in South Africa. The day is observed annually on February 21 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism, as…
[File image] Eastern Cape police say six armed suspects have been killed in a shootout with officers on the R61 between Mthatha and Ngcobo. Police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says an intelligence-driven operation was conducted to follow extortion suspects. When the police stopped the suspects’ vehicle, they allegedly opened fire. Officers returned fire, killing all six…
A worker harvests grapes at the La Motte wine farm in Franschoek near Cape Town, South Africa Experts have warned that uncertainty over jobs and trade still hangs over South Africa following the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Political economist Professor Patrick Bond says in the absence of any relief on…
ANC Eastern Cape Chairperson Oscar Mabuyane briefs the media The African National Congress (ANC) Eastern Cape leadership is set to meet the party’s national leadership at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Monday, to debrief them on the halting of the elective provincial conference over the weekend. The conference failed to proceed after the Eastern Cape…
SAPS’ arrest graphic A large group of residents of Hammanskraal in northern Pretoria are protesting outside the Themba Magistrate’s Court where a 26-year-old man is due to appear this morning. The man allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, Kgaugelo Marota and attempted to kill his current partner. North West Police Spokesperson Adele Myburgh says the body of…
Gerda Steyn during the Two Oceans ultra-marathon. 3 minutes South Africa’s long-distance runner Gerda Steyn wants to reclaim the marathon national record. She lost it to Glenrose Xaba, who shattered Steyn’s three year record at the Cape Town marathon, last year. The Comrades and Two Oceans marathon champion joined the Hollywood Athletics Club at a…
Dark thunder clouds during a stormy day. The eThekwini Municipality is on high alert following the level 4 weather warning for thunderstorms across KwaZulu-Natal. The South African Weather Service has issued an alert for severe widespread showers and intense thunderstorms, with conditions likely to include heavy downpours, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds, and hail. The…
Chief Albert Luthuli. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Chief Pathologist, Dr Sibusiso Ntsele, is expected to continue with his testimony in the reopened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli in Pietermaritzburg High Court. Ntsele provided the court with a detailed analysis based on the injuries sustained by Chief Luthuli…
Minister Leon Schreiber is scheduled to deliver the opening address at the two-day international conference of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel to be held at Emperors Palace in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. 1 minute Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber delivers the opening address at the two-day international conference of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel being held at…
Home Affairs building in Germiston engulfed in flames. Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Njabulo Nzuza says that they have set up four mobile offices around the Germiston area, east of Johannesburg, after their main office in the CBD was torched yesterday. The Home Affairs office was allegedly set alight by angry residents of the Pharoe Park…
