# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has called on the South African Students Congress to help government defend the National Student Financial Aid Scheme from fraud, manipulation and opportunism. An investigation by the Special Investigating Unit found widespread fraud and improper payments in NSFAS’ student funding system. The department’s spokesperson, Matshepo Seedat, says […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp has announced a breakthrough in export negotiations with Egypt, which could provide a significant boost to South Africa’s red meat industry. He says the agreement is a major milestone for the agricultural sector, which has been battling one of the country’s worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in decades. Aucamp says South […]
# The Water and Sanitation Department is calling on South Africans to rethink how water is used during celebrations and everyday life. This follows widespread water wastage during Spring Day activities where people were throwing water at each other. Spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says this concern is even more pressing as South Africa anticipates the effects […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa joined COSATU, the broader trade union movement and progressive organisations globally in expressing its solidarity with the people and workers of Eswatini as they continue their struggle for democracy, freedom and social justice. DENOSA supports the Global Week of Action for Democracy in Eswatini and the solidarity […]
# A total of 411 suspects were arrested for various crimes in Tshwane’s Olievenhoutbosch and Wierdabrug during a multidisciplinary crime prevention Operation Shanela yesterday. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and rape. He added a total of 100 illegal immigrants were detained […]
# The Gauteng Human Settlements Department says the DA’s statement on the illegal occupation of housing projects is misleading. The party has accused the department of failing to protect housing projects, with 14 out of 45 having been illegally occupied in the last five years. These include Eagle Nest, Western Mega Project and Danville. Spokesperson […]
# Union federation Cosatu is concerned over South Africa’s child immunisation crisis, which the Health Department has declared a public health emergency. The proportion of infants under one year receiving no vaccines has tripled from 12.1-percent in 2017 to 36.3-percent earlier this year, leaving more than one in three babies completely unprotected. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to make more funds available for the extension of the Madlanga commission. Of the 147-million-rand initially budgeted, 123-million-rand has already been spent, while additional funding is being sought. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says Ramaphosa cannot tell South Africans there is no money when 700-million-rand was […]
# The organisation, Mining Affected Communities United in Action, is calling for an immediate investigation into the drowning of two young boys in a Harmony Gold Mine dam near Nyakallong township, Allanridge, in the Free State. According to information, the two children, aged eight and nine, went to swim in an unattended and unfenced dam owned […]
