# The ANC Parliamentary Caucus says Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube’s decision to drip-feed the regulations required for the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, through a staggered and drawn-out process, is outrageous. Last week, the minister published the first two regulations under the BELA Act for public comment. The regulations relate to key issues like […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says South Africa rejects the US State Department’s report on human rights practices in the country. The Executive Summary to the US Report on South Africa states that the human rights situation in the country significantly worsened during the year, with the signing of the Expropriation Bill in […]
# The Eastern Cape’s Walter Sisulu University has launched its Toastmasters Club, a significant milestone in its commitment to producing confident, articulate and career-ready graduates. Toastmasters is an international programme designed to help individuals improve their public speaking, communication and leadership skills through practice and feedback. WSU’s Khanyisa Mbali says it is very important to […]
# Two wanted suspects were killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police officers in Inanda yesterday evening. The suspects were wanted for the murder of a police officer, attempted murder, and a string of armed robberies. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda, says they followed up on intelligence regarding the whereabouts of the suspects, which led them […]
# Gauteng police is monitoring the area around Pharoe Park, in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, following yesterday’s eviction protest. Residents blocked the entrances to streets with rubble and burning tyres in an attempt to prevent officials from evicting them. Police spokesperson, Thabiso Makgato, says they were executing a court order relating to evictions of unlawful occupants in the […]
# The City of Cape Town’s energy teams attended to more than nine-thousand-800 streetlight repairs over July, out of a total of approximately 35-thousand electricity-related service requests. Parow, Goodwood, Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu, Wynberg and Muizenberg experienced the highest number of streetlight-related repairs with over seven-thousand-200 combined cases. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says the […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the provincial Department of Education’s decision to expand the School of Skills curriculum to more schools. This curriculum offers learners practical, vocational training that better prepares them for the job market, further studies, and entrepreneurship. The DA’s Leon van Wyk says currently there are seven-thousand-676 learners enrolled in technical high school subjects, which is an increase of one-thousand-220 from last […]
# The University of Pretoria raised 620-thousand-rand as part of its inaugural Giving Month campaign in July. The campaign received support from various organisations, including the Pretoria-based Bulls and Bulls Daisies rugby teams. The UP Giving Month culminated in a Food Pack-a-Thon on the Hatfield Campus, where hundreds of volunteers donated more than two-thousand-600 non-perishable […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the Merafong Municipality has wasted four-million-rand on a draft organisational structure that does not comply with the Municipal Staff Regulations of 2021. The assessment was issued in an interim review by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The DA’s Ina Cilliers says the department states that the municipality’s […]
