# Eastern Cape police have arrested a 54-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting at Walter Sisulu University’s Mthatha campus. The suspect, reportedly a residence manager, surrendered to authorities yesterday. He faces charges of murder and attempted murder following the death of a 24-year-old third-year student, Sisonke Mbolekwa, during a protest over residence conditions. […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n vlak twee-waarskuwing uitgereik oor swaar, ontwrigtende reën en donderbuie wat vandag oor KwaZulu-Natal en die oostelike helfte van die Oos-Kaap verwag word. Môre en Saterdag is daar ‘n 30-persent kans op reën in Gauteng, die Vrystaat en Noordwes. ‘n Voorspeller, Tokelo Chiloane, sê die nat weer kan oorstromings en […]
# The South African Weather Service says heavy rain and thundershowers are expected over KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern half of the Eastern Cape today. A level two warning for disruptive rainfall has been issued. There’s a 30-percent chance of rain expected in Gauteng, the Free State, and North West tomorrow and Saturday. Forecaster Tokelo Chiloane […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het ‘n nuwe spesiale en strategiese eenheid aangekondig om 32 projekte wat tot stilstand gekom het te voltooi, insluitend die Sarah Baartman-gedenksentrum in Hankey, in die Oos-Kaap. Die eenheid sal elke twee weke verslag doen oor die vordering om vinnige afhandeling te verseker. Macpherson sê […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson has announced a new Strategic and Special Delivery Unit to complete 32 stalled projects, including the Sarah Baartman Remembrance Centre, in Hankey, Eastern Cape. The unit will report progress fortnightly to ensure fast delivery. Macpherson says delays at the Centre are a national embarrassment. A new contractor […]
# Die aktrise en regisseur Campbell Meas van Johannesburg is die wenner van die 2025 Nasionale Dramaturgkompetisie met haar drama Vakavigwa (Burials/They were buried). Die kompetisie wat deur die Nasionale Kunstefees aangebied word, wil hê opkomende dramaturge landwyd se stemme moet gehoor word. Die beoordelaars sê Vakavigwa is ʼn aangrypende en ambisieuse werk wat die ontwikkeling van die […]
# Actress and director Campbell Meas from Johannesburg is the winner of the 2025 National Playwright Competition with her play Vakavigwa (Burials/They were buried). The competition, facilitated by the National Arts Festival, is designed to amplify the voices of emerging playwrights countrywide. In summarising their selection, the judges said, that Vakavigwa is a gripping and ambitious work that exemplifies […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, het bevestig dat die jong man wat op die Walter Sisulu-universiteit se Mthatha-kampus doodgeskiet is, wel ‘n student by die instelling was. Dit volg nadat die universiteit verklaar het dat Sisonke Mbolekwa nie ‘n geregistreerde student of ‘n personeellid is nie. Nkabane het erken dat […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Nobuhle Nkabane, has confirmed that the young man who was shot and killed at Walter Sisulu University’s Mthatha campus was indeed a student at the institution. This comes after the university released a statement saying Sisonke Mbolekwa was not a registered student or a staff member at the institution. […]
