# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says over 850-million-rand has been recovered, following irregular payments made to public universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges. This is part of the Special Investigating Unit’s probe, which has identified 2.06-billion-rand for recovery. The ongoing SIU probe is looking at Nsfas’ procurement failures, poor financial […]
# The EFF has condemned the British High Commission’s failure to process leader Julius Malema’s visa application to the United Kingdom. Malema was supposed to address students at the 11th Annual Cambridge Africa Together Conference at Cambridge University this weekend. He revealed that he received the denial letter just four hours before his scheduled departure […]
# Cricket: India captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, ruling him out of the series in England in June. The 38-year-old retires with four-thousand-301 runs in 67 Test matches, including 12 hundreds and 18 half-centuries. His top score was 212 against South Africa in Ranchi in 2019. Sharma, who […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the upcoming budget will speak to growth, which is the only way to achieve fiscal sustainability and social progress in the country. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver the national budget for a third time in Parliament on the 21st of May. Speaking at the launch of the second phase […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says 3.03-billion-rand has been allocated for infrastructure over the next three years. On Wednesday, he delivered the State of the City Address under the theme, The Jo’burg We All Want. The funds will go towards upgrading eight of the most underserved areas, Diepsloot, Southern Farms, Ivory Park, Orange Farm, Soweto, […]
# Cricket: Proteas Women’s stand-in captain Chloe Tryon says they must start doing the basics well. South Africa suffered a 23-run defeat to India Women in their ODI Tri-Series match in Colombo, ruling them out of contention for Sunday’s final. India posted 337 for nine with Jemimah Rodrigues top-scoring with 123. In reply, the Proteas […]
# Suid-Afrika loop die gevaar om teen Junie 2026 ‘n tekort aan aardgas te hê. Die Afrika-energieleierskapsentrum by die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand se Sakeskool, in samewerking met die Nywerheidsgasverbruikersvereniging van Suider-Afrika bied ‘n simposium aan om die uitdaging aan te spreek. Die simposium is gemik op die verkenning van oplossings vir langtermyn gassekerheid. ‘n […]
# Die MK-party sê hy is ontsteld oor die voortgesette versuim deur KwaZulu-Natal se Departement van Onderwys om diensverskaffers van die Nasionale Skoolvoedingsprogram te betaal. Ondanks beloftes deur die departement dat betalings op 24 Januarie verwerk is en teen 28 Januarie sou wys, het diensverskaffers volgens berigte nog nie hul geld ontvang nie. Mmabatho Mokoena […]
# Die MK-party vra dat leefstyloudits en die verklaring van bates onmiddellik ingestel word vir alle lede van die regbank. Die party sê Suid-Afrika kan nie bekostig om ‘n regbank te hê wat beskerm word teen dieselfde deursigtigheid wat verwag word van ander staatsinstellings nie. Die MK-party sê burgers verdien om te weet wie befonds […]
