A recent reshuffle in the DA-led Western Cape government had nothing to do with quotas of Afrikaner representatives, former Health MEC Theuns Botha said on Saturday. “The media speculation of any sinister reason for Minister [NomaFrench] Mbombo and I swopping portfolios is unfounded and untrue,” said Botha in a statement.[…]
A baby boy who was 12 days old when he was abducted from Cape Town’s Groote Schuur hospital on New Year’s Day, has been found, Western Cape police said on Saturday. Spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said a 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the crime. “Investigations led[…]
A man’s body was found in the water at Fish Hoek beach on Friday, Western Cape police said. Shark spotters discovered the body at 10.20am during routine checks, Captain Frederick van Wyk said. The police diving unit removed the body. He is white, bald, aged between 55 and 60, and[…]
Indonesian ships have detected two large objects believed to be parts of the AirAsia plane that crashed off Borneo island with 162 people on board, the search chief said Saturday. “We managed to detect two large objects – one three-dimensioned, another two-dimensioned,” Bambang Sulistyo said. “I can confirm that they[…]
Pakistan’s military said Saturday that an Indian artillery barrage near the disputed border region of Kashmir killed a 13-year-old girl and wounded a child, the latest exchange of fire between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Both Pakistan and India blamed each other for starting the fire that began Friday night. This[…]
The Palestinians took the last formal step Friday to join to join the International Criminal Court, seeking to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel related to the recent war in Gaza and to Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories. The high-stakes move has drawn threats of retaliation from Israel and is vehemently[…]
Metro police are running operation Identitykids as a measure to regulate and unite strayed children with their parents. This comes after more than 500 children were awaiting collection at numerous police stations after going missing at Cape Town beaches on News Years Day on Thursdau. “We are running a project[…]
Nerves are at an all time high for the current crop of Matric students ahead of the scheduled release of their National Senior Certificate (NSC) results, during the early part of next week. The release will be somewhat different this year, with the Department of Basic Education resolving not to[…]
Children should be taught in their mother tongue in order to improve understanding of difficult subjects, and subsequently improve their overall performance at school, according to the deputy CEO of Afriforum, Alana Bailey. Her statements come ahead of the anticipate release of the 2014 final matric results, with a substantial[…]
The class of 2014 who wrote the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) matric exams are receiving widespread praise after a successful end of year pass rate of 98.38%. Of those, 85.5% scored bachelor passes making them eligible for entry into university. The exams were written by 9978 full time and 475[…]
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