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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

South Africa

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South African education activist says government should find a way to fill all vacant teaching posts

South African Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says government should find a way to fill all vacant teaching posts in South Africa, particularly level one teaching posts, created by the teachers who went on pension. There are currently more teachers in the country than the education system can accommodate. Makaneta says it cannot be correct for qualified teachers to remain unemployed while there are vacant posts that are funded.  

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The African Transformation Movement condemns SARS’ selective justice in Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farmgate scandal

The African Transformation Movement says it condemns the South African Revenue Services’ flip-flopping, selective justice, and cover-up in president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farmgate scandal. This comes as the Revenue Service has opened a criminal case against Sudanese businessman Hazim Mustafa. He paid 10.82-million-rand in cash for 20 buffalo from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in December 2019. The money was stolen from the farm in 2020. ATM’s spokesperson, […]

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Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that

Community gardens can be a boon for residents. Nattrass/Getty Images Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira, University of the Western Cape In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town. Today the legacy of apartheid spatial planning endures. The area is home […]

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Unusual ancient elephant tracks had our team of fossil experts stumped – how we solved the mystery

Elephants communicate underground by generating seismic waves. Anadolu Agency Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University Over the past 15 years, through our scientific study of tracks and traces, we have identified more than 350 fossil vertebrate tracksites from South Africa’s Cape south coast. Most are found in cemented sand dunes, called aeolianites, and all are from the Pleistocene Epoch, ranging in age from about 35,000 to 400,000 years. During that time […]

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South African Council for Medical Schemes is set to investigate the extravagant costs incurred by 33 medical schemes

The South African Council for Medical Schemes is set to investigate the extravagant costs incurred by 33 medical schemes for hosting annual general meetings. A research report revealed the costs, totaling 29.2- million-rand, as concerning, prompting an in-depth inquiry into contributing factors. Five schemes, including Sizwe Hosmed and Discovery Health, exhibited notably higher spending. The investigation, empowered by the Medical Schemes Act, aims to ascertain causes and to assess if […]

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Analyst warns Zuma’s expulsion may expose ANC secrets

SA Political analyst Fikile Vilakazi warns that former president Jacob Zuma, if expelled from the ANC, could expose sensitive information, posing a dilemma for the party. Vilakazi suggests Zuma, involved in apartheid-era intelligence gathering, might hold the ANC “to ransom,” and his revelations could lead to the organisation’s collapse. He says despite reasons to suspend Zuma, the ANC faces challenges. A leaked letter indicating Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s exit from Parliament adds […]

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SA’s former Public Protector wants her pension and benefits

South Africa’s former Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she is awaiting communication from parliament over her loss of benefits after being fired. Mkhwebane told Newzroom Africa that she would approach the courts if those engagements fail. She is taking Parliament and her former office – the Public Protector of SA – to court for having forfeited her gratuity payment, believed to be R10 million.

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Opinion Pieces

20 years ago South Africa had 40 qualified astronomers – all white. How it’s opened space science and developed skills since then

Southern African Large Telescope. SAAO, Author provided Patricia Ann Whitelock, South African Astronomical Observatory; Daniel Cunnama, South African Astronomical Observatory, and Rosalind Skelton, National Research Foundation South African astronomy started an important journey two decades ago, when an initiative to attract and train future scientists in the field welcomed its first group of students under the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme. World class facilities have been established during this […]

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ActionSA is set to announce its nominee for the City of Tshwane’s deputy mayor position

ActionSA is set to announce its nominee for the City of Tshwane’s deputy mayor position today. The announcement is expected to be made by the party’s national chairperson, Michael Beaumont. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi, says they have consistently been advocating for the need for a deputy mayor to ensure that the principles of co-governance were applied.  

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