# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta verwelkom die 2026 Grondslagfase-katalogus, veral die fokus op lees en begrip. Dit verskaf bygewerkte materiaal in ooreenstemming met die leerplan, sterker hulpmiddels vir basiese geletterdheid, en voorsiening vir nuwe vakke soos kodering en robotika. Die instelling van die katalogus sal sowat 1,6-miljard-rand kos. Makaneta sê dit verskaf 40 leesboeke per […]
# Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane says South Africa needs to confront the legacy of apartheid spatial planning, which continues to leave many low-income households far from employment opportunities, quality services, and efficient transport. She highlights well-located land, denser and mixed-use development, township revitalisation, inner-city regeneration and stronger links between housing and transport as […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has welcomed the 2026 Foundation Phase Catalogue, particularly its focus on reading and comprehension. The new catalogue provides updated, curriculum-aligned materials, stronger resources for foundational literacy and provision for newer curriculum areas such as Coding and Robotics. Full implementation of the catalogue is projected to cost approximately 1.6-billion-rand. Makaneta says […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling for the improvement of law enforcement in townships and rural areas to prevent crime. This follows the recent mass shootings in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, which claimed the lives of over 40 people. The SACP says the heartlessness of the killings demands concerted national action […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa oorweeg dit om die skorsing van nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola op te hef. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag het verlede week die aanklagte teen hom formeel teruggetrek. Die Onafhanklike Direktoraat teen Korrupsie het hom aanvanklik aangekla en in hegtenis geneem vir beweerde oortredings van die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur weens kommer oor […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is considering the possible reinstatement of suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. The National Prosecuting Authority formally withdrew charges against him last week. Masemola was initially charged and arrested by the Independent Directorate Against Corruption for alleged violations of the Public Finance Management Act, relating to concerns over compliance with […]
# Die dodetal na die massaskietery by die Wedela-taverne aan die Gautengse Wes-Rand het tot 18 gestyg nadat ʼn slagoffer in die hospitaal dood is. Agt mans met AK-47-gewere en pistole het Saterdagaand toegeslaan en 13 mans en vier vroue is op die toneel dood. Sommige mense is blykbaar deursoek en hul selfone gesteel voor […]
# Die MK-party se Strategiese Presidensiële Span sê die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof se uitspraak dat hy twee partylede weer moet aanstel, is nie slegs ʼn regskwessie tussen twee individue nie. Die leier, Jacob Zuma, het Pumlani Kubukeli en Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala verlede maand uit die party en Parlement geskors en beskuldig hulle dat hul gedrag die reputasie, […]
# The death toll from the Wedela tavern mass shooting on the West Rand has risen to 18 following the death of a victim in hospital. Eight men armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire on patrons at the tavern on Saturday night, killing 17 people, 13 men and four women. The suspects also […]
