# Quality assurance body, Umalusi says it will no longer oversee or issue certificates for National Certificate Vocational levels two and three examinations. This follows a directive in a government gazette, published in July this year, which transfers responsibility for these exams to the Department of Higher Education and Training. Umalusi CEO Mafu Rakometsi says […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitees oor Vervoer, Handel en Nywerheid het die Departement van Vervoer versoek om te verseker dat transformasieteikens by Transnet se Island View-gebied in Durban, voorrang kry en nie winste nie. Dit volg ná minister Barbara Creecy die komitees ingelig het oor haar opdrag dat Transnet teen Maart volgende jaar 25-jaar operateurooreenkomste […]
# Quality assurance body, Umalusi, has introduced strict new rules for online and distance learning providers offering the National Senior Certificate. The council says these non-negotiable requirements were developed with the Department of Basic Education, the Independent Examinations Board, and the South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute to ensure credibility and fairness of assessments. Umalusi CEO […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Landbou-inisiatief, Saai, het kommer uitgespreek oor die ineenstorting van Suid-Afrika se staats-entstofvervaardiger, Onderstepoort Biologiese Produkte, na aanleiding van sy 2024/25 jaarlikse prestasieverslag. Die entstofvervaardiger het slegs 62-persent van sy teikens bereik en 100-miljoen-rand in inkomste verloor, terwyl entstofvervaardiging met 24-persent gedaal het. Dit veroorsaak dat boere kwesbaar is vir voorkombare veesiektes. Saai […]
# Quality assurance body, Umalusi says it’s ready for this year’s end-of-year national matric examinations across public and private assessment bodies. The council confirmed that systems are in place to ensure credible, fair, and compliant exam administration. It also reiterated that online schools are not yet accredited due to the absence of a regulatory framework. […]
# Die DA sê hy het met groot kommer kennis geneem van Bloomberg-berigte dat laserafstandsmetingstoerusting wat deur die Suid-Afrikaanse firma LightWare Opto-electronics vervaardig is, van Russiese aanvalshommeltuie herwin is wat in die oorlog teen Oekraïne gebruik word. Chris Hattingh van die DA sê die party wil hê die Nasionale Konvensionele Wapenbeheerkomitee se bevindinge in die […]
# As the world commemorates the International Day of Rural Women today, the UDM Women’s Organisation is calling for the recognition of women, not as beneficiaries of policy, but as partners in shaping the nation’s future. Secretary-general, Thandi Nontenja says across South Africa’s villages and farmlands, rural women anchor the food systems and local economies, yet their contribution remains […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committees on Trade, Industry, and Transport have called on the Department of Transport to ensure transformation targets are prioritised over profit at the Transnet Island View Precinct in Durban. This follows minister Barbara Creecy’s briefing to the committees on her directive for Transnet to finalise 25-year operator agreements by March 2026. The […]
# The DA has noted with profound concern Bloomberg reports that laser range-finding equipment manufactured by South African firm LightWare Opto-electronics has been recovered from Russian suicide drones used in the war against Ukraine. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says the DA will pursue the publishing of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee findings on the LightWare matter in […]
