# Higher Education and Training deputy minister, Yusuf Cassim, has called for a review of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s payment schedule to institutions. He handed over written complaints from students at the University of South Africa to the institution’s management yesterday. The complaints are over delayed July’s Personal Care Allowance payments and ongoing […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die voortgesette lewensverlies en voorvalle wat tydens tradisionele inisiasie-seisoene aangemeld word, is kommerwekkend. In vanjaar se winter-inisiasieseisoen is 35 jong mans dood, 75 het in die hospitaal beland en 180 is uit onwettige inisiasieskole gered. Twaalf inisiasie-verwante ontvoerings is aangemeld, en wetstoepassers het 130 […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê die regering sal voortgaan om hulpbronne te mobiliseer en vennootskappe te versterk om die nuwe langwerkende MIV-voorkomingsinspuiting, Lenacapavir, te ondersteun. Die baakbreker-medikasie word elke ses maande as twee inspuitings toegedien, as ‘n hoogs doeltreffende langwerkende voorkomingsopsie aan pasiënte. Motsoaledi sê meer moontlikhede stel mense in staat om […]
# Police arrested 13-thousand-and-20 suspects for various criminal offences during nationwide Shanela operations carried out last week. Among those arrested are one-thousand-886 individuals wanted for serious and violent crimes, including murder, rape, armed robbery, and hijacking. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, says two-thousand-and-89 illegal immigrants were also arrested for contravening the Immigration Act, of which […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het hulde gebring aan die gewese leier van Katar, sjeik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, en hom as ʼn visioenêre leier beskryf. Die 74-jarige sjeik wat Katar se ekonomie verander het in die ryk, wêreldwye mag wat dit vandag is, is Sondag oorlede. Hy het die Golf-staat van 1995 tot sy […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says the continued loss of lives and incidents recorded during initiation seasons are concerning. Thirty-five initiates died during the 2026 winter customary initiation season, with 75 hospitalised and 180 rescued from illegal initiation. Twelve initiation-related abductions have been reported, while law enforcement agencies have opened 130 criminal […]
# Die DA sê hy gaan parlementêre vrae indien waarvolgens die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, rekenskap sal moet gee oor die besluit om die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente onder administrasie te plaas. Die party vra ook volledige besonderhede oor die aangestelde adviseurs, hul rolle, vergoeding en mandate. Dit volg nadat […]
# Die Amerikaanse Handelskantoor het Suid-Afrika en 59 ander lande tot Donderdag tyd gegee om bykomende inligting te verskaf oor hul beleid teen dwangarbeid. ʼn Suid-Afrikaanse afvaardiging het verlede week deelgeneem aan ʼn openbare verhoor waar die land gepleit het om uitgesluit te word van die voorgestelde 12,5-persent tarief op invoer van goedere wat met […]
# Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, says government will continue to mobilise resources and strengthen partnerships to support the rollout of the game-changer Lenacapavir, a new long-acting HIV prevention injection. Lenacapavir is administered as two injections every six months, offering individuals a highly effective long-acting prevention option. Motsoaledi says that expanding prevention choices allows people […]
