# Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane has confirmed that Gauteng is fully prepared for the 2025 National Senior Certificate exams, starting on 21 October and ending 27 November. Chiloane was providing an update on learner placement and and exams readiness at Parktown Girls High School in Johannesburg. The MEC says over 192-thousand candidates have registered to write the […]
# AfriForum has submitted a formal submission to the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry asking the investigate of political interference that prevented ANC leaders from being prosecuted for terror attacks during apartheid. AfriForum CEO, Kallie Kriel says the Khampepe Commission was established after pressure from the families of the Cradock-4 in particular to obtain answers to the causes of the […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo has congratulated 54 high school learners who were awarded bursaries by the Department’s Learning Academy. He says 15 primary school learners also received cash prizes worth 225-thousand-rand on behalf of their schools at the Department’s Water and Sanitation Educational Programme National Adjudication 2025. Mahlobo says these awards are paving the […]
# Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane has announced that the 2026 online admissions placement period for grade 1 and 8 will begin on Thursday until all learners are placed. He says a total of 820-thousand-350 Grade 1 and Grade 8 applications were submitted for the 2026 academic year. Chiloane says from Thursday parents and guardians with complete […]
# Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane says matric candidates will continue to receive support for the duration of the examination through the Just-in-Time programme. He says the programme will avail daily revision opportunities across all subjects ahead of each examination paper. Chiloane says the department has appointed additional chief invigilators and monitors to be stationed at […]
# The DA has written to the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture chairperson, Joe McGluwa to request that both the minister Gayton McKenzie and the Mzansi Golden Economy adjudication panel be summoned to appear before Parliament. The DA’s Leah Potgieter says their continued evasion of oversight cannot go unchecked while public funds are allegedly being used as a […]
# Government has noted with deep concern the recent political developments in Madagascar. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri says government is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and the destruction of property that has occurred. He says South Africa calls for calm and restraint from all actors and […]
# The UDM is calling on government and the municipalities to launch community vigilance and awareness campaigns to expose smuggling networks at all border points across the country. The UDM’s Stanley Manaka says last week, four Limpopo police officers and a civilian were arrested for allegedly robbing an Ethiopian family in Mashishing, Mpumalanga of almost one-million-rand in cash and illicit cigarettes worth 1.5-million-rand. Manaka is […]
# The DA in Gauteng says despite poor response times for emergency ambulances, the Health Department claims that no negative effect has been registered. The DA’s Jack Bloom says Response times for Priority 1 calls in urban areas used to be measured within 15 minutes, but this standard has now been dropped, and they only […]