# The Northern Cape Education Department has placed an Upington teacher on precautionary suspension with immediate effect pending an investigation. This follows a blackface paint incident at a function at Duineveld High School last week. Jaco Liebenberg allegedly wore blackface during a school function, sparking widespread outrage after images went viral on social media. The […]
# Parliament’s select committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has strongly condemned Operation Dudula’s recent threats to disrupt schools in 2026, after targeting healthcare centres. Over the past few months, Operation Dudula has disrupted services at many healthcare centres, particularly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, by refusing entry to foreign nationals. Committee chairperson, Makhi […]
# Die LUR vir Vervoer in Gauteng, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, het die aanval op twee e-taxi’s buite die Maponya Winkelsentrum in Soweto veroordeel en die voorval as barbaars beskryf. Een persoon is dood en verskeie ander is gisteraand beseer. Vier aanvallers het ‘n e-taxi wat by die sentrum se ingang parkeer was, genader en begin skiet. […]
# Researchers of the University of Witwatersrand’s Structured Light Laboratory are harnessing light to drive breakthroughs in secure communication and quantum technology. The lab operates at the intersection of classical optics, quantum physics, and artificial intelligence. Wits’ professor, Andrew Forbes, from the School of Physics, says using structured quantum light, they have developed a quantum camera […]
# Cape Town’s grassroots launchpad for high-performance sports, Connect Academy, has achieved several major successes in the past month. Four of the academy’s players have been taken up in provincial Currie Cup squads. The Connect franchise also made history together with Edwin Doran Sports Tours by hosting the largest ever school sports event in the Mother […]
# SANParks, in partnership with the Endangered Wildlife Trust, launched a new lion research project in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Northern Cape, which also extends into Botswana. SANParks’ JP Louw says over the next few months, teams will be out in the field using cameras, tracks, sightings, and other safe, non-invasive methods to […]
# The University of Pretoria has been ranked as number one for artificial intelligence research in South Africa and second in Africa. This is according to the latest rankings of higher education institutions published by EduRank. The analysis is based on over 61-thousand-200 academic papers and 969-thousand citations from 24 South African universities. The university’s […]
# The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court has amended bail conditions for seven senior Crime Intelligence officers, including boss Dumisani Khumalo, to protect witnesses in the ongoing fraud and corruption case. Khumalo and six co-accused face charges stemming from the alleged irregular appointment of Brigadier Dineo Mokwele to a senior position within Crime Intelligence, allegedly bypassing required […]
# Die DA in Johannesburg het die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, en die Ouditeur-generaal, Tsakane Maluleke, gevra om ondersoek in te stel na bewerings van bedrog, korrupsie en bestuursmislukkings by die Johannesburgse Padagentskap. Die party het verskeie kontrakte uitgelig vir ondersoek en sê daar bestaan kommer oor gelaaide kontrakwaardes en onregmatige verkrygingsprosesse. Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku […]
