The South African government is planning to build a website where farm owners will be able to make property available or donate property for land reform purposes, according to a new draft policy. The draft national policy for beneficiary selection and land allocation, released by the rural development and land[…]
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) will soon request a meeting with eNCA management to discuss allegations of censorship against the television news broadcaster. Former eNCA political reporter Samkele Maseko made the allegations. In a drawn out war on social media, Maseko alleged that then head of News Kanthan[…]
A total of 98.82% of pupils passed the 2019 Independent Examinations Board (IEB) National Senior Certificate exams, it was announced on Tuesday. The IEB pass rate decreased from 98.92% the previous year, its CEO Anne Oberholzer said in a statement. IEB 2019 matric results are out! Here are your results[…]
André de Ruyter started possibly the toughest job in South Africa on Monday. Apart from a renewed bout of load-shedding and power stations that are falling apart, the new Eskom CEO heads an operation with earnings that are far exceeded by its debt repayments. Eskom’s debt burden has now topped[…]
Prominent South African businessman Richard Maponya, who died aged 99 early on Monday after a short illness, was a pioneer and a man of extraordinary fortitude who paved the way for racial transformation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “We have lost a pioneer, a trailblazer and a man of extraordinary fortitude[…]
Twenty four disused Shosholoza Meyl train carriages were burnt at Bloemfontein railway station on Saturday, with a group of youths coming under suspicion after they had been chased out of the yard. Passenger Rail Agency of SA spokesperson Lilian Mofokeng said security staff saw a group of young men at[…]
Gauteng police say they will not reveal the identities of the two women who were killed in a drive-by shooting at a restaurant in Melville, Johannesburg, on New Year’s Day. Six others were wounded in the incident. Police Spokesperson Mathapelo Peters says the revealing the names of the victims could jeopardise investigations.[…]
A “conveyor belt failure” has thrust SA back into the load-shedding darkness. At around 8.45pm on Saturday, power utility Eskom announced that stage 2 rotational power cuts would be implemented from 10pm that night until 8am on Sunday. It was the first time in more than three weeks that load-shedding[…]
The Western Cape Education Department hopes to retain a matric pass rate of above 80% . Results for the National Senior Certificate examinations are scheduled to be released on Wednesday. More than 53,000 full-time students sat for last year’s final exams in the province. Next week marks the end of[…]
Two Hanover Park women were arrested after they were found in possession of 50 metres of Prasa cable. The City of Cape Town’s Metal Theft and Rail Enforcement Units responded to a tip-off on Friday morning. Upon arrival at a residence, officers spotted two men who fled the scene. The[…]
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