# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, says the department is engaging provinces and the National Treasury on the impact of fiscal pressures on funded posts and schooling capacity. There were 17-thousand-450 vacancies across 389-thousand-286 allocated posts by the end of January this year. Gwarube says educator posts allocated through approved provincial establishments were intended […]
# The DA says newly appointed minister of Social Development, Dina Pule’s first media briefing was short on details and long on promises. The minister revealed that government will review more than 350-thousand social grants, as part of efforts to protect the integrity of the social assistance system and save an estimated 1.5-billion-rand for the […]
# Israeli Finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich says his country has no interest in joining the renewed US military campaign against Iran. Israel and America started the war with coordinated attacks on Tehran on 28 February, prompting Iran to retaliate against US military assets across the Middle East. Smotrich says the current war and sustained economic […]
# The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission has launched an investigation into the root causes of the current winter season initiation deaths. Forty-three initiates have died, accompanied by 12 abductions, 75 hospitalisations, 180 rescues, 58 illegal initiation schools, 150 criminal cases, and 40 arrests. The commission’s deputy chairperson, George Mahlangu, says the investigation will […]
# The Western Cape High Court will deliver judgment in president Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to halt the Impeachment Committee on Friday. He is seeking an interdict to halt the committee’s proceedings, pending a review of the Section 89 independent panel report. Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued in court last week that subjecting a sitting head of […]
# US president Donald Trump says they will take care of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels if they follow through on their threatened blockade of Saudi ports. The crucial shipping lanes of the Red Sea run along Yemen’s coast. A full closure of Bab el-Mandeb could cut global oil supply by seven-percent. The Houthis’ armed forces have imposed a […]
# National Treasury says the 24.78-billion-rand World Bank loan, together with financing secured from other multilateral development partners, has enabled the government to meet its 52.6-billion-rand foreign currency borrowing requirement for the 2026/2027 financial year. The latest World Bank Development Policy Loan to South Africa is aimed at supporting infrastructure reforms and boosting inclusive economic […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Gesondheid sê openbare hospitale het reeds 687 operasies en kliniese prosedures afgehandel en daarmee die helfte van die een-duisend-326 prosedures wat in vanjaar se program belowe is, verbysteek. Die Chris Hani Baragwanath Akademiese Hospitaal is die voorste instelling in vanjaar se Mandela-maand Chirurgie-marathon en het tot dusver 156 prosedures afgehandel. […]
# Die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap het bevind aie vroue bly vasgevang in gewelddadige verhoudings weens emosionele gehegtheid, finansiële afhanklikheid, vrees, sosiale verwagtinge en instellings wat hulle nie beskerm nie. Die studie is gegrond op die ervarings van 262 ma’s, oumas, tieners en praktisyns in vier gemeenskappe en ‘n universiteitstudentegroep. ‘n Navorser, professor Robert Balfour, […]
