# The DA says it will not allow the secrecy around the Sector Education and Training Authority board appointments to go unchallenged. Today is the deadline for Higher Education and Training minister Nobuhle Nkabane to reveal the names of the selection panel that recommended ANC-aligned candidates to the SETA boards. The DA’s Karabo Khakhau demands […]
# The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court has formally charged a 39-year-old man in connection with the murder and mutilation of 14-year-old Likhona Fose. Her body was found in a veld in Durban Deep earlier this month. Mduduzi Trevor Mnisi was questioned on Monday and arrested yesterday. Magistrate Annalene Afrika postponed the case to next Wednesday for […]
# Saftu and Cry of the Xcluded has rejected the 26.5-billion-rand World Bank loan granted to the South African government. Saftu’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku says they consider it a dangerous Trojan Horse package, like so many others from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He says this new World Bank loan is not […]
# Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has backtracked on a key clause in the Draft Mining Bill and removed requirements for black economic empowerment for exploration activities. This follows backlash from the mining industry, warning that such rules would scare off investment in the high-risk exploration sector. According to News24, Mantashe has […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has confirmed that the driver of a school bus swept away by floods is among nine bodies recovered in the Dikolini River in Mthatha today. This brings the confirmed deaths from the tragedy to four. The bodies of a toddler and a cue marshall were also found. Five rescue […]
# Africa’s first Life Pod unit has been launched at Tygerberg Hospital, to preserve organ viability for transplants. Developed by Stellenbosch University students, the facility will address South Africa’s low organ donation rate which stands at just 0.6-percent. It will provide care for brain-dead donors outside of intensive care units and will keep organs stable […]
# Die liggame van drie leerders is gevind nadat hulle skoolbus deur vloedwater meegesleur is in die Dikolini-gebied naby Mthatha in die Oos-Kaap. Inwoners het naby die oewer van die rivier afgekom op die liggame van ‘n meisie en twee seuns. Daar was 13 leerders, nog twee passassiers en die bestuurder in die voertuig. Gister […]
# International Day of Play: The GOOD Party says it stands in defence of every child’s right to play – safely, freely, and with dignity. The party says today’s International Day of Play marks a significant milestone in efforts to preserve, promote, and prioritise playing so that all people, especially children, can reap the rewards […]
# Moroadi Cholota se regspan oorweeg hul volgende stap nadat die Hooggeregshof in die Vrystaat beslis het haar uitlewering uit die VSA was onregmatig. Cholota se prokureur, Piet Tebane, sê hulle kyk na regstellende optrede omdat haar grondwetlike regte geskend is. Cholota was die voormalige Vrystaatse premier Ace Magashule se persoonlike assistent en word verbind […]
