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DA Urges Parents to Use Walk-In Centres for School Placements

The DA in Gauteng is urging all parents whose children have still not been placed at a school to use the walk-in centres set up by the provincial Department of Education. The department has extended the online placement deadlines for Grades 1 and 8 to the 30th of this month. The DA’s, Sergio Isa Dos Santos, says while the extension may provide brief relief to parents and guardians, it underscores […]

10 January, 2025

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Teachers’ Group Urges Investigation into Rise of Unqualified Educators

The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa is calling on the South African Council for Educators to investigate the alleged rise in unqualified teachers working at schools. This comes after the Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa revealed that it has received an alarming number of reports of under and unqualified educators, including students, hired to teaching posts at some private schools across the country. Naptosa’s executive […]

10 January, 2025

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GOOD Party Welcomes Creation of 19 NPA Posts for TRC Cases

The GOOD Party has welcomed minister of Justice Mmamoloko Kubayi’s creation of 19 permanent National Prosecuting Authority posts to investigate Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases. Among the cases include re-examining the death in 1960, in strange circumstances, of ANC president and Nobel Peace Laureate Chief Albert Luthuli. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says a proper explanation from the government for the deliberate non-prosecution of these cases for more than […]

10 January, 2025

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Giwusa Condemns South African Police for Destroying Rescue Pulley System at Stilfontein Mine

General industries union Giwusa condemns the South African Police for destroying a pulley system used to rescue trapped miners in a disused mine in Stilfontein, in North West. The union claims the police's actions are responsible for the deaths of over 100 illegal miners and is demanding an investigation into the incident. Giwusa president, Mametlwe Sebei says they will embark on a protest in Klerksdorp to seek justice for […]

10 January, 2025

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ANC Treasurer General Calls for Increased Effort to Improve South Africans’ Lives

ANC Treasurer General, Gwen Ramokgopa, says the party needs to work even harder now to improve the lives of most South Africans. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deliver the January 8 Statement in Cape Town on Saturday as the party celebrates its 113th birthday. Ramokgopa says the ANC has done a great deal over the last three decades, but not everyone has benefited from the party's […]

10 January, 2025

South Africa

ANCYL President Engages Ndlozi Post-Resignation

ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji has revealed he has been in contact with former EFF member of parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, following his resignation from Parliament. Ndlozi remains an ordinary member of the Orange Farm EFF branch. Speaking at the Progressive Business Forum Presidential Golf Day in Cape Town, Malatji did not disclose details of their discussions:

10 January, 2025

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MK Party Suspends Members Over By-Election Candidate Error

MK Party has suspended two members after they unlawfully registered the wrong candidate for the by-elections in Msunduzi Ward 2, Mgungundlovu Region in KwaZulu-Natal. The candidate, who was unlawfully registered has also been suspended for accepting the nomination, despite having lost the internal elections. The MK Party’s, Sipho Tyira, says the national disciplinary committee will now proceed with the disciplinary inquiry against the implicated members:

9 January, 2025

South Africa

BOSA Pushes Petition to Raise Matric Pass Mark to 50%.

Build One South Africa has launched a petition urging Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube to scrap the minimum matric pass mark from 30-percent and increase it to 50-percent. The petition argues that a 30-percent pass mark for subjects at matric level undermines the intellect of South Africa’s youth, and allows for the entrenchment of mediocrity and low expectations. BOSA’s acting spokesperson, Rogers Solomons, says a meagre 30-percent pass hurts […]

9 January, 2025

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EFF aims to introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament

In S.A, the EFF says it will introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament. From 2017 to 2024, national student debt grew from around eleven-billion-rand to approximately 17-billion-rand, averaging an increase of two-billion-rand each year. The EFF’s, Sihle Lonzi, says the bill seeks to clear all student debt and establish a qualification registrar, which will be a central government body that takes over the distribution and […]

9 January, 2025