Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini failed to pitch for a meeting to account on preparations for appointing a new service provider to take-over South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) payments as ordered by the Constitutional Court. The Standing Committee On Public Accounts (Scopa) and the Social Developments Parliamentary Committee held[…]
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is arguably facing the biggest challenge of his political career today when he delivers his first Medium-term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament at 15:00. The minister is in an unenviable position. South Africa finds itself in a perfect storm with GDP growth that risks touching[…]
The Western Cape is home to a third of the country’s police stations where the most killings have been recorded and it’s also home to South Africa’s longstanding murder capital – Nyanga. Seven out of the top 10 police stations where the highest numbers of murders have been recorded are[…]
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Dr Max Price, has called on President Jacob Zuma to release the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training. The President received the report in August, but has yet to release it. University spokesperson Elijah Moholola says they’ve delayed[…]
Parents who give their children a hiding will no longer be able to use the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ if they are later accused of assault. This comes after the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Thursday that parents can’t be exempted from the law, even when their[…]
The Basic Education Department is ready to squash nearly all powers of school governing bodies if it can push through proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act. The changes will affect schools’ language policy, teacher appointments and pupil admissions. The public has until November 10 to comment on the[…]
Presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa has called on authorities to fast-track investigations into state capture. Speaking at the Cadres Assembly in Mahikeng, North West, on Sunday, Ramaphosa urged state institutions not be overtaken by the FBI, which has opened an investigation into the Gupta family’s involvement in state capture. “The FBI[…]
A teenager has been arrested in Cape Town following a shootout with guards during an attempted cash-in-transit heist, the Hawks said on Sunday. “A 17-year-old… was arrested… on Saturday morning for attempting to rob a cash truck at a railway station in Khayelitsha,” spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said in a[…]
A support organisation called Reach for Recovery is urging South Africans to show compassion to breast cancer survivors. The non-profit breast cancer organisation has made the appeal in light of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Over 19-million women, aged 15 years and older, face the risk of being diagnosed with breast[…]
The Western Cape education department has failed to respond to parents’ concerns over safety in schools in Hanover Park, according to the chairperson of the Hanover Park school governing body forum. Ebrahim Abrahams said the forum wrote to the department about violence and security on September 28, GroundUp reported. It[…]
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