# University of Fort Hare’s vice-chancellor, professor Sakhela Buhlungu, says calls for him to step down are not new, maintaining that he is going nowhere. Protesting students have called for his removal, accusing him of being complacent about allegations of mismanagement at the institution. Buhlungu says he is pushing ahead with an organisational restructure and monitoring […]
# Die UDM se Studentebeweging in die Oos-Kaap, Udesmo, het die inbraak by ‘n Nelson Mandela Universiteit-koshuis in Summerstrand veroordeel. ‘n 23-jarige student is doodgesteek en ‘n ander is beseer tydens ‘n rooftog by die koshuis buite die kampus Maandagaand. Geen arrestasies is nog gemaak nie. Lucia Matomane van Udesmo, sê dat NMU-studente, veral vroue, […]
# The UDM Students’ Movement in the Eastern Cape has condemned the break-in at a Nelson Mandela University residence in Summerstrand. A 23-year-old student was stabbed to death, and another student was injured during a robbery at the off-campus residence on Monday evening. No arrests have been made as yet. UDESMO’s Lucia Matomane says that for […]
# Die DA in die Oos-Kaap sê hy het deurgaans gewaarsku dat die provinsiale leerdervervoerprogram op die rand van mislukking is. Duisende leerders wat op die vervoer staatmaak, het gister die eerste dag van die laaste kwartaal misgeloop nadat taxi-operateurs die diens onttrek het omdat die provinsiale regering hulle steeds geld skuld. Horatio Hendricks van […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse Volhoubaarheidsforum sê die provinsie speel steeds ‘n belangrike rol in die ondersteuning van landelike voortbestaan, bioverskeidenheids-bewaring en grondherstel te midde van Suid-Afrika se sukkelende ekonomie. Die forum se sameroeper, Cobus Meiring, sê die streek se sitrusbedryf verwag vanjaar ‘n rekord-oes, wat ‘n welkome hupstoot vir die provinsiale ekonomie sal bied. Hy sê […]
# The DA in the Eastern Cape says it has consistently warned that the provincial scholar transport programme is on the brink of systemic failure. Thousands of pupils who rely on scholar transport missed the first day of the final term on Monday, after taxi operators withdrew the service because the provincial government still owed […]
# The Eastern Cape Sustainability Forum says the province is continuing to play a vital role in supporting rural livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and land restoration. This is in the face of South Africa’s strained economy. The forum’s convener, Cobus Meiring, says the regional citrus industry anticipates a record-breaking harvest this year, providing a welcome boost to the provincial economy. He says […]
# ActionSA doen ‘n beroep op die onmiddellike vrystelling van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se verslag oor die Universiteit van Fort Hare. Die instelling se visekanselier, professor Sakhela Buhlungu, glo verlede week se gewelddadige protesoptogte was ‘n poging om die vrystelling van die verslag te vertraag, waarby 33 hooggeplaaste politici by akademiese bedrog by die universiteit […]
# ActionSA is calling for the immediate release of the Special Investigating Unit’s report into the University of Fort Hare. The institution’s vice-chancellor, professor Sakhela Buhlungu, believes last week’s violent protests were an attempt to delay the release of the report, which implicates 33 high-ranking politicians in academic fraud at the university. ActionSA’s Matthew George […]
