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A legal opinion has advised NSFAS to cancel its five-year student accommodation contracts worth R1.3 billion with four companies amid a student accommodation crisis in Gqeberha and elsewhere, News24 can exclusively reveal.
Floyd Shivambu says he’s still an MK Party member despite his proposal to start a new party at a press conference on Thursday.
Legal heavyweight advocate Terry Motau has rejected Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane’s claims that he led a panel to assist her in appointing chairpersons of Sector Education and Training Authorities boards.
A staff member of Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was shot dead on the Mthatha campus on Thursday evening.
Four South African universities have 144 vacant management posts.
SIU freezes property allegedly bought with misappropriated lottery funds
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a freezing order from the Special Tribunal against a property allegedly purchased using funds misappropriated from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).
The funds were initially earmarked for community development initiatives.
The tribunal’s order prohibits...
Deputy President calls for solidarity as global landscape changes
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has highlighted the importance of solidarity and collaboration in today’s rapidly evolving global landscape.
Delivering a public lecture at St. Petersburg State University, the Deputy President explained that South Africa’s Presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) comes at a time...
Vala Umgodi operations net over 200 suspects
The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Vala Umgodi operations continue to make progress with 239 suspects having been arrested throughout the country.According to the police, the suspects were arrested for illegal mining-related offences and various other crimes that include, among others, attempted murder, possession of an...
Treasury to allocate additional R1.1 billion for political funding
An additional R1.1 billion in funding will be made available to political parties over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.“Over the MTEF, an additional R1.1 billion in funding will be made available to political parties. Mindful of next year’s Local Government...
Call to nominate candidates to serve SAHRA reopened
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has encouraged the public to nominate women, youth, and persons with disabilities to serve as members of the Council of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA), in line with government’s commitment to promote diversity and inclusion.
In a statement on Thursday, the Minister of...
Western Cape prepares for severe cold, wet weather
Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs, and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, has confirmed that the provincial government is ready for the upcoming winter season.
Several days of cold and wet weather are forecasted for the remainder of this week and into next week in the Western Cape.
Bredell announced...
With South Africa’s record youth unemployment and limited access to professional coaching, AI-powered coaching may offer a transformative solution. Professor Nicky Terblanche, Head of Leadership Coaching at Stellenbosch Business School, is pioneering research into how artificial intelligence can support young people and small business owners through accessible, personalised self-development...
SA sends 10 critically endangered Black rhinos to Mozambique
Ten additional black rhinos have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in Mozambique to help secure the first founder population of black rhinos since becoming locally extinct 50 years ago.
The rhinos, including five males and five females, were donated by South Africa’s provincial...
As artificial intelligence continues its rapid ascent, reshaping industries and redefining professional landscapes, the conversation around career resilience has never been more urgent. In this jointly authored piece by Hoosen Essof, the Head of the Employability Unit at Regent Business School and Deepti Govind, an intern working within the same division, we explore the real-world […]
Africa Future Hospitality Summit underway in Cape Town
Western Cape MEC for Agriculture, Economic Development, and Tourism, Dr Ivan Meyer, has welcomed delegates from across the world to the Future Hospitality Summit Africa which is currently underway in Cape Town.For over a decade the Future Hospitality Summit Africa – previously known as AHIF – has served as a launchpad for...
As we celebrate Africa Month, I feel an urgent sense of responsibility to voice what too many policymakers still overlook: Africa’s future cannot be copy-pasted from global AI narratives. Artificial Intelligence is not just a tool of automation — it is a force reshaping power, identity, economy, and ethics. And yet, Africa remains on the […]
Symposium looks into impact of political funding law
The Electoral Commission of South Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, Sy Mamabolo, says the Party Funding in SA symposium has been convened to assess the implementation and impact of South Africa’s political funding law.
The first-ever symposium on political funding follows four years of implementing the Political Funding Act of...
Eastern Cape holds Provincial Day of Mourning for storm victims
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government is today hosting a Provincial Day of Mourning in honour of the victims of last week’s floods.Thursday’s ceremony which will take place at King Sabatha Dalindyebo Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in Mthatha will bring together government leaders and...
If the Western Cape High Court grants the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure an eviction order against residents unlawfully occupying a building in Cape Town’s CBD, they say they will be left without alternative accommodation.
The City of Johannesburg made it clear on Wednesday that it doesn’t just guess an amount when it comes to tariff increases.
Residents of KwaNobuhle in the Eastern Cape are in shock after the gruesome discovery of two burnt bodies, found by a young goat herder in the bush.