# The Commission for Gender Equality has asked Chapter 9 institutions and civil society organisations to create an open, inclusive, and safe society to ensure the quick resolution of hate speech and discrimination cases. Responding to recent comments by radio personality Ngizwe Mchunu against LGBTQIA+ persons, commissioner Leigh-Ann van der Merwe said the commission is […]
# Umbrella body Universities of South Africa says professor Lis Lange’s legacy will continue to resonate in the higher education sector in the country. The 64-year-old passed away earlier in the week. She was a senior scholar and significant contributor to thought leadership in higher education, particularly in the areas of higher education transformation and social justice […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela has urged the University of Fort Hare Council to reflect on a number of critical issues when they meet today to address onging student protests. Damages to infrastructure is estimated at between 300-million-rand 500-million-rand. Among the issues are the state of governance and leadership, the role and […]
# The South African Revenue Service has confirmed that former PRASA CEO, Lucky Montana in August this year offered 5.4-million-rand as a compromise offer to settle his 55.1-million-rand tax bill. This was revealed by SARS spokesperson, Siphithi Sibeko, who told a special media briefing yesterday that a prerequisite in terms of the Tax Administration Act for SARS to consider a compromise […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela says his department is working closely with police, the Eastern Cape government, and the University of Fort Hare’s security teams to restore calm and protect students and staff. Manamela briefed the media on the situation at Fort Hare following devastating arson attacks during student protests. The minister says […]
# The DA in Tshwane says the ongoing power outages are affecting businesses in Rosslyn. The party says while the ANC government in Tshwane is preaching the importance of economic growth, they are failing in delivering the basic services that is needed to create an environment that fosters economic growth. The DA’s Themba Fosi says […]
# City Power has welcomed the possibility that by the end of this month, it could be sitting at more than 100-million-rand in collected debt. City Power’s Hursthill Service Delivery Centre Manager, Malcolm de Lange, says the utility is currently owed a staggering 1.6-billion-rand from residentials and businesses. He says every rand that City Power recovers, goes directly towards maintaining and […]
# The Forum for South Africa demands that Parliament urgently review its bail laws and close the doors that “allow money to determine who walks free and who stays behind bars”. FOSA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says the the High Court in Johannesburg’s decision to grant alleged crime kingpin Katiso KT Molefe bail of 400-thousand-rand – […]
# The Azanian People’s Organisation is calling on government of national unity to come up with plan to address escalating murders and solving crimes in the country. AZAPO spokesperson, Nosipiwo Manona says a week hardly ends without news of a girl child found dead, shot, strangled, raped and their bodies discarded or a boy gunned down or stabbed. […]
