The National Students’ Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has called on the Matric Class of 2016 to submit applications for student aid for 2017. The scheme says its centralised system is closing its application window for the 2017 academic year at the end of November. Most of the applications received so[…]
President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn application to stop the Public Protector’s report on so-called State Capture to be released. The report relates to allegations that the wealthy Gupta family played a role in appointing cabinet ministers and directors of state-owned enterprises. Opposition parties believe that former Public Protector Advocate Thuli[…]
Hundreds of DA supporters gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday morning to march to the magistrate’s court, calling for the Constitution to be protected. The group gathered on Princess Park Avenue. Dressed in blue party T-shirts, many supporters walked along Frances Baard street, singing, dancing and calling for President Jacob Zuma[…]
A man who allegedly told Oscar Pistorius he could quash his murder conviction was sentenced to four years in jail for corruption, the Hawks said on Wednesday. Tshifhiwa Radzhadzhi, 33, masqueraded as a prosecutor from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), and apparently demanded R250 000 from the former Paralympian in[…]
Several Muslim graves have been vandalized at a historic cemetery next to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. Palestinian officials blamed Israeli Nature and Parks Authority, saying the demolition aimed at making space for a natural park. The alleged Israeli parks authority team entered the Bab al-Rahma cemetery on Tuesday[…]
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has replaced her prime minister and two other top officials in an attempt to restore public confidence amid a political scandal involving her confidant. Wednesday’s reshuffles came as prosecutors were investigating whether a personal friend of Park’s with no government job used her ties with[…]
Iraq’s prime minister has warned Turkey against provoking a confrontation while saying he does not want war. Haider al-Abadi made the comments after Turkey deployed tanks and artillery near the Iraqi border and insisted that any Turkish involvement would be a violation of national soverreignty. Turkey wants a a role[…]
In a move that shocked South Africans, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) yesterday dropped the much debated fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former South African Revenue Service (SARS) employees, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay. While many commentators have welcomed the news, the NPA has in turn[…]
The issue of gang violence, though having increased over the past few months, remains a ‘norm’ in the lives of Cape Flats communities, but with the recent discovery of an arms cache in Valhalla Park, residents have been granted renewed hope. In what is considered a ground-breaking discovery, last week[…]
Western Cape police have declined to comment on the kidnapping of an Athlone businessman, saying the case is “sensitive”. Naushaad Khan, the owner of Khan’s Punjabis, was the victim of an armed robbery and kidnapping on Monday night. According to police, the 46 year old businessman and his 51 year[…]
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