# Higher Education and Training minister Buti Manamela says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme applications for next year’s academic year will open tomorrow with a new simplified digital system. Manamela told the media the platform is designed to expedite approvals and minimise errors, making it easier for students to apply online. He added the […]
# The Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela says the post-school education system is ready for a smooth start to next year’s academic year. Briefing the media on the readiness for the 2026 academic year, Manamela said universities, TVET colleges, and community colleges will open on schedule, accommodating more than 900-thousand students nationwide. […]
# The DA is calling for the resignation of Eastern Cape Social Development MEC, Bukiwe Fanta, after 70 children died from hunger this year. In a parliamentary reply, Fanta admitted her department distributed only nine food parcels across the province in the first three months of this year. The DA’s Marlene Ewers accused Fanta of […]
# Car manufacturer Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has recalled over five-thousand Ford Ranger vehicles due to brake issues. The 2025 and 2026 models may experience a loss of pedal pressure from a brake boost software fault, increasing the risk of accidents. The recall also affects vehicles in Botswana, Namibia, and Eswatini. The company […]
# The DA says broad-based black economic empowerment has failed the majority of South Africans while enriching a small ANC-connected elite. The party criticised deputy president Paul Mashatile for defending BEE as it blocks investment, worsens inequality, and denies opportunities to hardworking entrepreneurs. The DA’s Baxolile Nodada says the party is pushing a new system […]
# ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula urged the party’s youth league to remain militant and politically conscious and committed to shaping South Africa’s future. Speaking at the league’s second national general council, in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Mbalula warned against factionalism and unproductive disputes. Mbalula encouraged the youth league to defend the revolution, uphold discipline, and […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says young people must take the lead in technology, economic development, and job creation. Addressing the party’s youth league’s second national general council, in Kimberley, Northern Cape, Mbalula said the youth must drive innovation and help shape South Africa’s future by tackling unemployment and boosting economic growth. He also welcomed […]
# Cryptocurrency company, NTC Global, at the centre of the murder of insolvency attorney Bouwer van Niekerk, has been provisionally liquidated. According to News24, the firm had collected 484-million-rand in investments, with 262-million-rand still owed to creditors. Investigations suggest NTC operated as a Ponzi scheme, and business rescue efforts failed. Van Niekerk was shot at […]
# US president Donald Trump says a suspect in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk is likely in custody. The conservative activist was assassinated at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Trump told Fox News the 22-year old Tyler Robinson’s father convinced him to surrender to police. Kirk was shot in the neck during a debate […]
