Parents of learners at Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke were outraged after a picture circulated showing an apparent “segregation” between black and white Grade R learners, on Wednesday. The picture was shared by a teacher to the schools Whatsapp group. One of the learners’ parents said most parents did not find anything wrong[…]
A 29-year-old man drowned at the Wolfgat Nature Reserve, False Bay, after trying to save the life of a 13-year-old girl on Wednesday. The girl reportedly got into difficulty after being drawn into deep waters. Another bystander ran into the water to help but also got into difficulty. The girl[…]
Physicists have been stunned by the detection of a number of rapidly repeating radio waves coming from deep space, according to two new studies published in Nature. Although scientists have some theories about what causes of the so-called repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) and their origin, exact details are still[…]
Sudanese police used tear gas to disperse “illegal” protests against the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir in the city of Omdurman in which three people were killed, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday. Sudan’s second-largest city “witnessed riots and illegal gatherings” on Wednesday, SUNA said, amid weeks of[…]
The Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based law centre, has filed a lawsuit against the CIA to obtain records related to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In mid-November, the CIA concluded that Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the assassination of Khashoggi, a critic[…]
The large vegetation fire that has been raging on the mountain slopes of Kogel Bay has spread to the Steenbras dam catchment area. The fire started in Pringle Bay in the Overberg on New Year’s Day and moved towards Kogel Bay last Sunday. Ten antelopes have been euthanised after sustaining[…]
Law enforcement officials on Tuesday removed 15 shacks from what was previously vacant land in Extension Six, Mfuleni, GroundUp reports. Nomaphelo Mdanjelwa is six months pregnant and lives with her two children, aged three and five. She said she has battled to survive since losing her job as a grape[…]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appealed for the release of the delayed vote count in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ramaphosa’s call comes amid growing concerns that violence could break out. It also follows a meeting with Zambian President Edgar Lungu to discuss the situation in DR Congo. The polls,[…]
As school’s country-wide re-open for the 2019 academic year on Wednesday, concerned citizens protested outside on Bergville Primary School in Bishop Lavis. Around 100 community activists, teachers and parents gathered outside the school between 07h00 and 09h00 holding placards which read things like “We need more teachers” and “No to[…]
The 22-year-old man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant in Silverton, Pretoria, made a brief appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The accused will spend the next 30 days at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital where he will undergo evaluation by three[…]
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