# Soccer: Activists and Citizens Forum is calling for a leadership change at local governing body SAFA ahead of this weekend’s elective conference. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says SAFA president Danny Jordaan is a liability and should step aside, citing reports of financial challenges, and says urgent intervention is needed. He emphasises the forum’s backing of […]
# EFF Johannesburg mayoral candidate Tlaleng Mofokeng says the city has lost sight of its mandate, plunging residents into a governance crisis. During an SABC-TV debate about the upcoming local government elections, she pointed out service delivery has collapsed, infrastructure is deteriorating and accountability is lacking. Mofokeng argues urgent intervention is needed to rebuild Johannesburg […]
# International, independent medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors without Borders, has warns aid cuts are forcing mass clinic closures across Sudan, leaving patients with even fewer places to seek care. It urges governments and institutional donors to protect funding for essential health services, as approximately 33.7-million people need humanitarian assistance. Southern Africa director of Associations, Monica […]
# Economists warn that South Africa’s sugar industry is under mounting pressure from cheap imports, mill closures and rising costs. More than one-million people depend on the sector, supporting around 270-thousand direct and indirect jobs. Oxford Economics economist Jee-A van der Linde says Tongaat Hulett narrowly avoided liquidation after receiving state-backed financial support, while other […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta moedig jongmense aan om dit te oorweeg om vir die 2027-akademiese jaar aansoek te doen by kolleges vir Tegniese en Beroeps-onderwys en -opleiding. Aansoeke sluit op 30 September. Makaneta sê Suid-Afrikaners moet hul siening oor hierdie kolleges verander. Hy vra jongmense om kolleges as ‘n eerste keuse vir verdere studie […]
# Die adjunkminister in die Presidensie vir Vroue, Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede, Mmapaseka Letsike, vra sterker streeksamewerking en gesamentlike optrede om geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te beëindig. Bevindinge van die Raad op Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing toon dat 33,1-persent van vroue van 18 jaar en ouer tydens hul leeftyd fisieke geweld ervaar het. Letsike sê optrede teen […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement moedig gemeenskappe aan om gebruik te maak van fisioterapie-dienste wat by staatsgeriewe beskikbaar is. Dis deel van pogings om gestremdheid te voorkom en genesing te verbeter. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê fisioterapie-dienste is beskikbaar vir persone wat herstel na beroerte, breuke, amputasies, operasies en ruggraat- en breinbeserings. Hy sê […]
# Grade 12 Zimbabwean learners who left South Africa after the June 30 immigration deadline are being brought back to write their matric exams. The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Coordinating Committee Academy says learners will be housed at a boarding facility in Johannesburg ahead of the exams, starting next month. About 35-thousand children reportedly returned to […]
# The Western Cape Education Department is investing 44-million-rand in its Matric School Holiday Programme ahead of the 2026 National Senior Certificate exams. The funds are split across autumn, winter and spring schools . The DA’s Peter Johnson welcomed the move, saying a further 25-million-rand a year goes to maths and science support:
