# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has welcomed the changes the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is implementing for the 2027 funding cycle. Applications are now open for funding, with prospective students given until 18 November 2026 to apply. The scheme has introduced several operational changes for the 2027 cycle, including directly extracting student information from institutional […]
# The DA says months after minister Gayton McKenzie’s World Cup trip, his Department of Sport, Arts and Culture still cannot produce a final close-out report for the nearly 31-million-rand spent. The minister has faced criticism for failing to provide a detailed financial breakdown of the expenditure and why a large delegation of 151 people […]
# The Communist Party of Swaziland has condemned the arrest of Palestinian Democratic Youth Union head on the West Bank. Israeli forces reportedly raided Hassan Shehadeh’s home in Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem, last week Thursday. The party’s international secretary, Pius Vilakati, says the voices of Palestinian youth deserve to be heard, and their […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het ‘n ondersoek gelas na die Morial-infrastruktuurgroep. Dit handel oor die maatskappy se bande met die sakeman Lawrence Mudzingayima, wat op video betrap is waar hy ‘n groep vroue dreig in ‘n restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg. Macpherson is bekommerd oor bewerings dat die maatskappy op […]
# National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andy Mothibi ordered lifestyle audits for Investigating Directorate Against Corruption investigators, prosecutors and National Prosecuting Authority bosses. This follows damning testimony at the Madlanga Commission about IDAC. According to the Special Investigating Unit, only 16 national and provincial government departments and state-owned entities have asked it to conduct lifestyle […]
# Tennis: South Africa team captain Pietie Norval was surprised by the high-quality performances from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the weekend’s Davis Cup World Group Two tie in Centurion. The visitors executed a clinical sweep, winning the pivotal doubles rubber yesterday before taking the reverse singles to seal a decisive 4-0 victory. Norval says they had hoped […]
# Die Gautengse regering verwelkom die deurbraak in die polisie-ondersoek na die moord op die negende slagoffer in die reeks moorde op vroue in Ekurhuleni. ‘n Man en twee vroue is in hegtenis geneem in verband met die moord op die 28-jarige Gracious Nkomo, wie se liggaam verlede week in Dawnpark, Boksburg, gevind is. Die […]
# ‘n Ses-en-dertigjarige man is aangekeer vir die verkragting van 14 vroue in KwaZulu-Natal en Gauteng. Die polisie sê sy eerste beweerde aanval was in Januarie 2020 in Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal. Hy is aangekeer en op borgtog vrygelaat, waarna hy verdwyn het. Woordvoerder Robert Netshiuna sê die man het daarna na bewering sewe vroue verkrag in […]
# Rugby: All Blacks captain Ardie Savea will undergo surgery on his shoulder, which means he won’t likely play again before the start of the 2027 Super Rugby Pacific season. He dislocated his shoulder during the third Test of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series, which South Africa won 3-1. Savea’s backrow partner, Luke Jacobson, has […]
