Free State matriculants celebrate their results

The top achievers of the 2024 matric class seen at the Mosaiek Church in Johannesburg. 2 minutes The Free State Education Department says its interventions in preparing the matric class of 2024 for exams have paid off. This is after the province retained its number-one spot for the sixth consecutive year. It has achieved a…

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SABS on the verge of collapse, warns Parliament Committee

1 minute Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition says the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is on the verge of collapse. Among the problems it highlighted was the agency’s inability to carry out basic functions such as product testing. The Committee visited the agency’s headquarters in Pretoria on Monday. Committee member Toby…

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‘Cabinet appointments are the sole prerogative of the president’

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the South Africa – Nigeria Business RoundTable in Cape Town on December 3, 2024. 1 minute Cabinet has defended President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent reshuffle. On Tuesday night, Ramaphosa announced that Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi would take over Thembi Simelane’s Justice and Constitutional Development portfolio. Simelane is now in charge of…

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TIMELINE | US-SA relations since Trump’s second term

President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC. This visit will enable Pretoria and Washington DC to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries. There are number of issues on the agenda including trade, investment, geopolitical issues and…

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Two children die after consuming plant leaves in Zebediela

Yellow Oleander flower seen in this picture. 2 minutes Two children have died while three others were treated and discharged from hospital after they allegedly consumed the leaves of the Yellow Oleander plant in Zebediela, outside Polokwane, Limpopo. Community leader Dolly Mahlobogoane says the two-year-old children, who were neighbours, were playing when they ate the…

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NWHC to continue with plans despite committee halting them

North West Province road sign. 1 minute The North West Housing Corporation (NWHC) says it will continue with the province’s mega and smart city projects, despite the North West Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements’ instruction to halt the projects. North West Housing Corporation CEO Sello Mogodiri says as an entity of the provincial government,…

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Lesufi proud of Gauteng matric’s 2024 performance

Gauteng government officials celebrating the 2024 matric results. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says he is extremely proud of the province’s matric class of 2024 despite being the third best performing province in the country. Gauteng obtained an 88.4% matric pass rate. The Free State came in number one at 91% pass rate, followed…

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