# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube will lead the National Senior Certificate Pledge Signing Ceremony with the Matric Class of 2025 at Harry Gwala High School in Khayelitsha today. The annual event reinforces honesty and integrity in the exam process, as learners commit to avoiding cheating or misconduct. The ceremony underscores the Department’s drive to […]
# AfriForum has slammed the Gauteng Education Department for reducing subsidies and cutting departmental posts at quintile 5 schools. In a letter to MEC Matome Chiloane, AfriForum demanded greater autonomy for financially independent schools. Head of Cultural Affairs, Alana Bailey warned that the cuts will harm education quality, leading to overcrowded classes. She confirmed that […]
# The commissioner of the South African Revenue Service, Edward Kieswetter, has urged non-provisional taxpayers to submit their annual income-tax returns by 20 October. So far, 7.9-million taxpayers have filed, with over 850-thousand still outstanding. Kieswetter warned that failure to file is a serious offence, attracting penalties and interest. He commended taxpayers who submitted early, […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu has told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that he alone wrote the letter disbanding the political killings task team at his village home in KwaZulu-Natal. Accused of overstepping his mandate by disbanding the task team, Mchunu is adamant no one else was involved in the decision, as the team was never […]
# Table Mountain and its famous Cableway in the Western Cape have been nominated for two global titles at the 2025 World Travel Awards. Table Mountain is up for the world’s leading tourist attraction, and the Cableway for the world’s leading cable car ride. They are the only South African nominees this year. Table Mountain […]
# Growthpoint Properties has entered a landmark partnership with RSA Aero to co-develop and manage the new Cape Winelands Airport near Cape Town. The eight-billion-rand project aims to create a world-class aviation, hospitality and logistics hub while supporting up to 35-thousand jobs. Growthpoint will oversee long-term property and asset management across the 450-hectare site. Construction […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that pouring funds into a single police unit will not solve gangsterism in the Cape Flats in the Western Cape. Mchunu appeared before the committee for the first time yesterday to present his account in the ongoing investigation into political interference in the criminal justice […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the Seventh Social Justice Summit today at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Hosted by Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Social Justice, the multi-stakeholder event gathers policymakers, civil society, academics, and the judiciary under the theme “Social Justice, Food Security and Peace.” The summit aims to advance equality, solidarity, sustainability, […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu het aan die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee gesê dat hy die brief om die taakspan vir politieke moorde te ontbind, in sy huis in KwaZulu-Natal geskryf het. Mchunu, wat daarvan beskuldig word dat hy sy mandaat oorskry het deur die taakspan te ontbind, hou vol dat niemand anders by […]
