Deputy Higher Education and Training minister Buti Manamela reassured the public of the department’s ability to fund poor students. “We obviously do not meet the demand, but the R57 billion we have is enough for our medium-term plans,” said Manamela on Thursday. The department plans to pay for the studies[…]
Seven suspects believed to have been involved in the Ngcobo police massacre were shot dead in a shootout with police on Friday evening, after being cornered inside a church they used as a hideout. Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said more than 10 other suspects were arrested, while others managed[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday withdrew an appeal lodged by his predecessor‚ Jacob Zuma‚ against a court ruling that the appointment of the National Prosecuting Authority‚ Shaun Abrahams‚ should be set aside and that he was too conflicted to appoint anyone to the position. Zuma appealed the ruling last month[…]
The South African government has written to the High Commission of the UK government to review a travel advisory issued earlier this week. The advisory came after news that a South African couple had been kidnapped in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month. The UK government advised its citizens to exercise caution[…]
South Africa made it into the top half of the least corrupt countries in Transparency International’s latest report released on Wednesday. South Africa ranked 71 out of 180 countries. The least corrupt country was New Zealand‚ followed by Scandinavian countries Denmark‚ Finland and Norway. Sub-Saharan African countries dominated the bottom[…]
It’s D-Day for Jacob Zuma. By midnight on Friday‚ a five-person prosecuting team will have to recommend to National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams whether or not to go ahead with the prosecution of the former president. In October last year Abrahams gave Zuma and the Democratic Alliance until[…]
The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners. This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday.[…]
The R6-billion allocated by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba for drought relief and infrastructure is a drop in the ocean‚ Western Cape Premier Helen Zille said on Thursday. “Although R6-billion is a lot of money‚ divided between five provinces it will hardly touch sides if it is intended both for relief[…]
Home Affairs and immigration officials visited the offices of the embattled ANN7 channel on Thursday afternoon for a “routine inspection” Staff members have told News24 how they “have never seen something like that before”. Earlier this year, MultiChoice announced it would not be renewing its license with the channel, after[…]
Five police officers have been killed after gunmen attacked a police station in the small town of Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape. Initial reports are that three officers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with the assailants at about midnight last night. Two other officers were killed in a[…]
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