AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo spent his first night in jail after his application to have his bail extended was dismissed by the Eastern Cape High Court on Wednesday. The application was denied by High Court Judge Nozuko Mjali with costs. Dalindyebo applied to the High Court in Mthatha on Tuesday[…]
Capetonians should brace themselves for major congestion in the city over the coming days, as holidaymakers flock to the coastline. The City of Cape Town will once again manage the influx of vehicles along the Atlantic Seaboard on New Year’s Day. Transport for Cape Town (TCT), the City’s transport authority,[…]
Three hundred and fifty tumultuous years will have passed when a commemoration to mark the laying of the cornerstone at the castle in Cape Town is held there on Saturday. And to acknowledge the castle’s many negative historical associations, the function is not being billed as a celebration, but rather[…]
Monitoring body Umalusi said on Wednesday that it there have been a number of cases of group copying during the department of basic education’s matric exams in four provinces. Umalusi Council chairperson Professor John Volmink told reporters in Pretoria that a total of 26 alleged cases of group copying were[…]
Veteran broadcaster Ian Crewe died on Wednesday, aged 75. “It is with profound sadness that Primedia Broadcasting announces the death of EWN (Eyewitness News) anchor‚ Ian Crewe. Ian died in hospital in Johannesburg in the early hours of this morning‚” a statement said. Describing him as “a veteran broadcaster and[…]
President Jacob Zuma said he had received the final report from the commission of inquiry into the arms deal on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement, the Presidency said Zuma received the report in Durban from members of the commission, Judge Willie Seriti and Judge Thekiso Musi. “The commission completed its[…]
Money and better resources can pave the way to good matric results, an education activist group has said. This comes after the Independent Examination Board (IEB) reported a 98.30% pass rate in their final year exams this year. Equal Education’s general secretary, Tshepo Motsepe, said the near perfect result was[…]
“If you have a nice house, please don’t take. This is only for the people who lost their homes in the fire,” said a policewoman cruising down one of the lines of people waiting to receive something to eat after losing everything in the Boxing Day blaze at Hout Bay’s[…]
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo may spend the new year behind bars. This follows Justice Minister Michael Masutha’s announcement that he had dismissed an application by Dalindyebo to have his case reopened. Masutha made the announcement at a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon. “I am unable to find anything[…]
The Independent Examination Board (IEB) reported a 98.30% pass rate for the pupils who wrote its matric exams this year. This is a minuscule drop from the 98.38% of 2014. Of the 10 212 full time and 563 part time pupils from 200 schools across southern Africa who wrote the[…]
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