# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the transformation of South Africa’s agricultural sector is both necessary for the broader transformation of the economy and critical to food security. In his weekly newsletter, he says through the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, government is releasing approximately 2.5 million hectares of state-owned land to black farmers and providing them […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association wishes the class of 2026 success ahead of the final National Senior Certificate examinations starting tomorrow. A record 962-thousand-832 candidates have registered to sit the October/November examinations. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says financial support, including its 12-thousand-500-rand bursary and school support programme, helps members’ children complete schooling and pursue […]
# Gauteng police have confirmed a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of 38-year-old Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo. She disappeared on 12 September after leaving her home in Rhodesfield, Kempton Park, for an afternoon jog. Her killing sparked national outrage and renewed concerns about women’s safety. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says officials […]
# Western Cape police management has welcomed the arrest of a 32-year-old suspect in last month’s mass shooting in Lwandle, Strand, that claimed eleven lives and left ten people injured. The suspect was arrested in Lwandle on Friday. Police spokesperson André Traut says he is appearing in the Strand Magistrate’s Court today on eleven counts […]
# Die Siyafana Sonke Action-veldtog waarsku aanvalle op die Suid-Afrikaanse regbank bedreig die land se grondwetlike demokrasie. Woordvoerder July Eccles sê kritiek op hofuitsprake is geregverdig wanneer dit wettig, beredeneerd en op bewyse gegrond is, maar dreigemente, intimidasie en aanhitsing teen regters ondermyn die onafhanklikheid van die regbank en die regsorde. Sy is ook bekommerd […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, vra ‘n breër beoordeling van provinsiale onderwysprestasie en sê die matriek-slaagsyfer is nie langer die enigste maatstaf vir gehalte nie. Sy sê die fokus op die bereiking van die hoogste slaagsyfer het onbedoelde gevolge gehad, insluitend gebruike wat leerders se vordering en deelname aan sleutelvakke kan ondermyn. […]
# The Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign has warned that attacks on the judiciary threaten South Africa’s constitutional democracy. The campaign’s July Eccles says criticism of court judgments is legitimate when it is lawful, reasoned and evidence-based. However, she says threats, intimidation and incitement against judges undermine judicial independence and the rule of law. Eccles has […]
# Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube has called for a broader assessment of provincial education performance, saying the matric pass rate should no longer be the sole measure of the quality of the basic education system. She says the focus on achieving the highest National Senior Certificate pass rate has created unintended consequences, including practices […]
# Die leier van RISE Mzansi, Songezo Zibi, waarsku teen die normalisering van gewelddadige intimidasie van die regbank en sê sulke optrede kan die demokrasie en die oppergesag van die reg bedreig. Durban en Johannesburg is in die greep van betogings wat gewelddadig geword het ná die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak oor asielaansoeke. Die hof […]
