[FILE IMAGE]: Scholar transport. A scholar transport operator has been suspended by the Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape, after a bullying incident occurred in the bus he used to ferry learners. The incident relates to a video where an 18-year-old learner from David Mama Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane is seen being assaulted…
Relief for learners and teachers as newly refurbished Menzi High School opens, easing overcrowding after years of delays and disruptions. The KwaZulu-Natal Public Works Department has unveiled a newly refurbished multi-million rand, state-of-the-art school in uMlazi as part of Human Rights Months celebrations, after years of delays. The upgrade of Menzi High School was repeatedly…
SA inflation rose to 3.6% in October. Consumer inflation has continued on an upward trajectory, moving further from the Reserve Bank’s new target of 3%. Stats SA data shows the annual consumer price inflation was 3.6% in October, up from 3.4% in September. The main contributors to the acceleration were housing and utilities, and food…
A SACP flag is seen during a march. 1 minute Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in Mpumalanga, Lucky Mbuyane says the party believes the Government of National Unity will not do much to improve the lives of the poor in the country. Mbuyane was speaking at his party’s Phillip Radebe District Red…
Empty benches in court. A childminder is expected to appear in the Humansdorp Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape on Monday. This after a two-year-old toddler was found wounded in Jeffreys Bay on New Year’s Day. Police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says officers responded to a complaint of an incident in the Tokyo Sexwale township, where…
Western Cape High Court, where the trial of alleged underworld kingpin Jerome Booysen is being held. The murder trial of alleged underworld figure Jerome “Donkie” Booysen is expected to resume in the Western Cape High Court today. Booysen and eleven co-accused face multiple charges, including the murder of alleged steroid smuggler Brian Wainstein in 2017….
2 minutes South Africa has officially launched the second phase of Operation Vulindlela with local government, spatial inequality and digital transformation in sharp focus. The joint reform initiative between the Presidency and National Treasury, aimed at accelerating structural reforms to boost economic growth, has been in place since 2020. During a technical briefing in Pretoria…
Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court. The bail hearing of 42-year-old police officer accused of kidnapping 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi will resume today in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court in the Free State. The Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis special school was kidnapped while being driven home from school in Bloemfontein. Last week, investigating officer Kelaotswe Lebodi…
A delegate at the uMkhonto weSizwe Liberation War Veterans Conference in Bloemfontein looks ahead as ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula delivers his address on 16 January 2026. African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, says failing to preserve and elevate the legacy of war veterans runs the risk of erasing the very fabric of the country’s democracy….
1 minute ActionSA Caucus leader Athol Trollip has accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) of making unreasonable demands after the party, the second-largest in the Government of National Unity (GNU), refused to support the 2025 budget tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The National Assembly narrowly passed the budget yesterday, prompting Trollip to stress that ActionSA…
