# University of the Free State senior lecturer, doctor Tlou Raphela-Masuku, has been selected to participate in the prestigious British Academy-funded International Writing Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation. She is one of only 15 early-career researchers from Southern and Eastern Africa selected. Raphela-Masuku is focused on climate-induced vulnerabilities and resilience, particularly in rural and peri-urban communities. […]
# Cosatu says it is disappointed by the news that Mango Airlines will be shutting down. This comes after the investor, who had been waiting for legal and regulatory obstacles to be withdrawn, pulled out of the purchase process. Mango was placed in voluntary business rescue in July 2021, and the business rescue practitioners were […]
# Eastern Cape acting Police Commissioner, Thandiswa Kupiso, has condemned the brazen attack on a National Prosecuting Authority officer and his family in Tiryville, Kariega. This is reminiscent of the killing of Gqeberha prosecutor Tracy Brown last month. According to a police report, the prosecutor and his family arrived at their home in the early hours […]
# The GOOD Party says it will formally respond to Cape Town Speaker Felicity Purchase’s attempt to avoid accountability by insisting that Thursday’s council meeting remain on a virtual platform. The meeting will see a second motion of no confidence brought against the speaker. GOOD’s Jonathan Cupido says the Rules of Order adopted by council […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says the dismantling of a major transnational rhino horn trafficking network is a decisive victory. Six suspects of a syndicate that is linked to a fraudulent scheme involving 964 rhino horns worth millions of rands, destined for illegal markets in Southeast Asia, have been arrested. […]
# ActionSA says it is deeply concerned about government’s glaring failure to address ongoing lawlessness and intimidation by some taxi operators in the communities. The party says this followed the murder of an e-hailing driver at Maponya Mall in Pimville, Soweto last week. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says ActionSA is calling on government to take proactive […]
# The Ministry in the Presidency for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities has confirmed that minister Sindisiwe Chikunga is well and recovering after a health scare during the Y20 meeting yesterday in Ekurhuleni. The department’s spokesperson, Cassius Selala says Chikunga has been advised to take time off her official schedule to rest and recuperate following […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum says president Cyril Ramaphosa must be held personally liable for the waste of taxpayers’ money on the national convention held this past weekend in Pretoria. A total of 450-million-rand was earmarked for the national dialogue, of which 20-million-rand has already been spent on the recently concluded first convention. The forum’s […]
# The Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, has condemned the violent clashes which happened yesterday between learners from West Ridge High School and Hoërskool Roodepoort. The clashes led to the principal of Hoërskool Roodepoort being stabbed in the hand while she was attempting to defuse tensions. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says preliminary reports […]
