# The Gauteng Department of Education has dismissed a male student governing body-appointed teacher from Sunward Park High School in Boksburg after allegations of sexually assaulting and verbally abusing female learners. The educator, suspended in August, was found guilty of misconduct and dismissed in absentia at a disciplinary hearing. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says MEC Matome […]
# At least 14 people on Bali in Indonesia have been killed in what officials say are the island’s worst floods in a decade. Torrential rains triggered severe flooding across most of the island, causing rivers to burst their banks. Hundreds of residents have been evacuated as their homes were submerged. The rain has now […]
# Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth says justice has prevailed in the fight against human trafficking after seven Chinese nationals were sentenced to 20-years in prison for trafficking, child labour, and labour law violations. The case involved an illegal Johannesburg factory where 91 Malawian workers, including children, faced inhumane conditions from 2017 to 2019. […]
# Die dodetal het tot vyf gestyg nadat ‘n taxi vanoggend in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, teen ‘n kleuterskool vasgejaag het. Meer as tien kinders is beseer. Die bestuurder van die taxi het leerders van verskeie plaaslike skole vervoer, en het beheer verloor op ‘n draai voordat die voertuig teen ‘n boom gebots en op die skoolterrein […]
# Statistics South Africa reports that mining production rose by 4.4-percent year-on-year in July. Principal Survey Statistician, Juan-Pierre Terblanche, says iron ore and platinum group metals drove growth, with increases of 12.2-percent and 6.2-percent respectively. He confirmed that despite diamonds, chromium ore, and coal contributing positively, gold, manganese ore, copper, and nickel declined:
# British prime minister Keir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US following mounting scrutiny over his relationship with late US child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Foreign Office says the decision was made “in light of additional information” in emails by Mandelson. They show the depth and extent of his relationship […]
# Die Onafhanklike Polisie-ondersoekdirektoraat het die vermeende moordenaar van die Gautengse misdaad-bewaarder Chesney Keppler, die polisieman Mandla Buthelezi, weer in hegtenis geneem. Keppler is in Desember vermoor. OPOD se woordvoerder, Lizzy Suping, sê Buthelezi is in die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg aangekeer vir vermeende intimidasie. Sy bevestig dat hy by die Moroka-polisiekantoor aangehou sal word tot […]
# The death toll has risen to five after a taxi crashed into a crèche in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, this morning. More than ten children were injured. The driver of the taxi, carrying learners from several local schools, lost control on a bend before colliding with a tree and rolling onto the school. The provincial Department […]
# Die regering bepleit kalmte te midde van betogings in Westbury en Coronationville in Johannesburg, Gauteng, oor voortdurende uitdagings met watervoorsiening. Hy sê Johannesburg Water werk daaraan om onmiddellike verligtingsmaatreëls in te stel en finaliseer ook die nuwe Brixton-reservoir en -toring, wat na verwagting teen die einde van volgende maand voltooi sal wees. Die woordvoerder, […]
