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Academic calls for patience in decolonising education

University of Johannesburg Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Ihron Rensburg, says decolonising education will not be achieved overnight. Rensburg delivered the annual Nelson Mandela Education Legacy Lecture at the university’s Kingsway campus on Monday night. The lecture seeks to honour the legacy of former President Nelson Mandela in terms of his[…]

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Right2Know to lead protest for cheaper data prices

Civil organisation Right2Know will on Tuesday protest at headquarters of South Africa’s four largest telecommunications companies in Gauteng, demanding that the price of cellular data decrease. The protest follows a list of demands which were handed over to service providers in 2013, Right2Know said in a statement.  None of the[…]

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Taxi strike hits Cape Town public transport

A minibus taxi strike turned ugly in Cape Town on Monday‚ forcing commuters to change their travel plans. Authorities were also braced for a possible taxi strike in the capital Tshwane‚ although it appeared to have been called off at the eleventh hour. Golden Arrow bus service said they had[…]

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Minister meets with Western Cape fishing communities

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana on Sunday met various leaders from the Western Cape’s fishing communities. The meeting was held in response to a memorandum handed over last Monday to the Fisheries Branch in Cape Town, according to a statement from the ministery. One of the demands[…]

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Henri van Breda due back in court

Henri van Breda is due back in the Western Cape High Court on Monday where he stands accused of axing his parents and brother to death, seriously injuring his sister Marli, and defeating the ends of justice. Van Breda, 22, pleaded not guilty to these charges and alleged that an[…]

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Why Zuma won’t get his day in court

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and lawyers for are considering a plan to ensure that it will be many years before the country’s first citizen gets to have his day in court. The plan emerged after Zuma’s advocate, Kemp J Kemp, made a dramatic concession at the Supreme Court of[…]

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Makhosi Khoza to boycott disciplinary proceedings

ANC MP Makhosi Khoza on Friday said she will not be attending her ANC KwaZulu-Natal disciplinary hearing set for Sunday following a High Court ruling declaring the party’s provincial leadership invalid. Khoza’s previous disciplinary hearing, which had been scheduled for Sunday, September 10, was postponed after additional threats against her[…]

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28 CPUT security guards arrested

Twenty-eight security guards were arrested at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology for allegedly being unregistered, police said on Thursday. The arrests, made in terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (PSIRA Act), came during a fraught Chancellor’s Week at the institution, which has been marked by protests and[…]

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