# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta calls for stronger protection of teachers following the killing of a teacher while walking to school with learners in Tsakane in Brakpan, Gauteng. He says the death is not only the loss of a teacher but also of a nation-builder who dedicated his life to shaping the future of children. […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation is calling on South-Africans to support 17-year-old Sikhulile Nkosi as he prepares to represent the country at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden later this month. The Grade 11 learner from Sitintile Secondary School in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, won the South-African Youth Water Prize for developing an innovative […]
# CapeNature welcomes the sentencing of a Cape Town couple convicted of multiple wildlife offences involving the unlawful keeping, possession and transport of reptiles. Zirkie Bernardus Jansen and Valerie Gayle Simpson-Jansen were each fined 40-thousand-rand or sentenced to 18-months’ imprisonment after being convicted on seven charges. The offences involved 95 reptiles, including geckos and ball […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says authorities will not tolerate anarchy in schools following a raid at Badirile Secondary School in Khutsong. Police confiscated knives, scissors, vapes, drugs, and other dangerous items during the search-and-seizure operation this morning. Maile says learners skip classes, intimidate teachers and fellow pupils, while allegations emerged against five educators […]
# The African Farmers’ Association of South Africa accused the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development of undermining land claim beneficiaries by advertising and reallocating farms without their consent. Afasa Land Reform Committee head Piet Mothepu says affected farmers in the Free State and Eastern Cape are being sidelined in favour of outside […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers raised concerns over president Cyril Ramaphosa’s approval of the first phase of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team report. The union’s Khangela Baloyi says it is against plans to establish an independent Transmission System Operator, warning the move could threaten jobs, weaken public ownership, and increase private sector influence. He […]
# Proceedings in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial have been delayed at the High Court in Pretoria after four of the accused apparently refused to board the police vehicle transporting them to court this morning. Five men are accused of murdering the former Bafana Bafana captain in 2014. The state says the four claimed the […]
# The Western Cape Education Department opened applications for school transfers for learners in Grades 2 to 7 and Grades 9 to 12 for the 2027 academic year. The application period runs until 17 August. Parents can apply online if they meet specific transfer criteria, including relocating home or work, while other applications must be […]
# Two Malawian nationals and a South African man have been arrested after Limpopo police recovered two stolen Nissan Navaras worth a combined 1.5-million-rand in separate intelligence-driven operations targeting cross-border vehicle smuggling. The vehicles, stolen in Gauteng, were intercepted while being transported to the Beitbridge border post. Provincial police commissioner Jan Scheepers praised the joint […]
