# Section27 has welcomed a ruling by the High Court in Polokwane clearing 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School in Limpopo of examination irregularities. The learners had been accused of group copying after similarities were found in their 2024 Business Studies and Economics exam answers. The organisation’s Thato Gaffane says the provincial […]
# The South African Petroleum Retailers Association warns that this month’s fuel price increases will put further pressure on households and businesses. Petrol has risen by more than three-rand a litre, while diesel and illuminating paraffin have also increased sharply. SAPRA’s Vishal Premlall says the higher costs will affect food prices, transport and deliveries, and […]
# An investigation is underway after six people were killed this morning in a head-on collision involving a police vehicle and a civilian bakkie on the R524 Levubu Road in Limpopo. The deceased include three police officers, two awaiting-trial prisoners and the bakkie driver. Another prisoner was seriously injured and remains in hospital under police […]
# Soccer: AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit says the conviction of former Sekhukhune United player Mokete “Shaune” Mogaila for culpable homicide and failing to render assistance after a car crash is a step towards closure for the Mavimbela family. Mogaila pleaded guilty in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court over the October 2024 crash that killed nine-year-old Gomolemo […]
# According to a University of Cape Town’s new study, South Africans spend a staggering 500-billion-rand a year on celebrations. The study indicated that some people spend up to one-million-rand on weddings and 140-thousand-rand on tombstone unveilings. It also shows that nine-thousand weddings were held across the country over 32 days, with Gauteng recording the […]
# The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is set to lay animal cruelty charges against police officials following the death of police dog Sky. The five-year-old Belgian Malinois was found badly injured at a police veterinary facility in Roodeplaat, in Pretoria, last month and was later put down. The […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Ankole cattle have fetched record prices at an auction at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. A three-year-old pregnant heifer, Queen Arusha, sold for a record 6.4-million-rand, making it the most expensive female animal ever sold in South Africa. Two straws of semen from Ramaphosa-owned bull Optimus Prime also fetched a […]
# The Electoral Commission says an audit of the 4 November local government election results system is underway. The system is used to capture and collate election results and allocate seats to political parties and candidates. The commission’s David Mandaha says information and communication technology experts from the ACDP, ANC, DA and MK Party are […]
# ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has welcomed a ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg in her dispute with ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, whom she accused of vote-buying. The court did not order a retraction or apology but directed that the matter be decided through oral evidence. Dlamini-Zuma says she will cooperate […]
