South Africa, although strengthening its position by one place to #52, still ranked in the bottom ten of the 61 countries in the World Competitive Rankings released on Monday. Business executives who were asked to list 5 indicators from a list of 15 that they perceived as the key attractiveness factors[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema says the media unfairly project his party as violent, when the ruling ANC should instead take the mantle as a violent political party. Malema was addressing journalists at the party’s national list conference for local government election candidates in Midrand on Monday. Calling out the media,[…]
At least six people have been killed and 20 injured in separate explosions in the Turkish towns of Silopi and Van located in the southeastern part of the country, which is mainly inhabited by Kurds, media reports, citing security sources. Both attacks targeted security forces. Four civilians have been killed[…]
The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the province has accused the Western Cape Education Department of neglecting to carry out proper maintenance work at schools, and allowing the facilities to fall into “ultimate decay”. This comes after two schools, Uitzig Secondary and Beauvallon Secondary, were recently found by structural[…]
As Child Protection Week kicks off, the quality of education in South Africa has researchers concerned. With approximately only half of the one million learners who began grade one in 2003 completing matric in 2014, eight per cent of which qualified for university, the education system is seeking alternate mechanisms[…]
Residents of Grassy Park are concerned about reports of a spate of alleged robberies and child abductions within the area that have been making the rounds on social media. PRO of the Grassy Park Community Police Forum (CPF), Reverend Philip Bam, explained that reports indicate that individuals are driving around[…]
The District Six Residents Forum held an AGM on Sunday that members say kicked off on a rocky start. Chaos ensued following a report in a local paper which incorrectly called on all residents of District Six to attend a meeting set out to address their concerns. According to the[…]
Saudi authorities have executed a Nigerian man after convicting him of murdering a police officer. It was the 95th execution of the year in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, which imposes the death penalty for offences including murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy. The surge in executions has drawn[…]
Sentencing proceedings in the case against a Lavender Hill woman accused of kidnapping an infant from a maternity ward in 1997 is expected to be highly charged as the State calls Zephany Nurse to the stand on Monday. Monday is the first time in 15 months that Zephany will come[…]
One of the country’s most prestigious private girls’ schools is dealing with allegations that a teacher raped a pupil – one of two sex assault scandals to rock high schools in the Western Cape this week. The 52-year-old teacher was arrested on Thursday and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court[…]
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