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South Africa’s failure to transform the education system despite massive spending has left most learners without basic literacy and maths skills, deepening unemployment and skills shortages in the economy.

A Democratic Alliance (DA) oversight visit across four informal settlements in Gauteng revealed incited land invasions and land fraud.

KZN Police respond to Hawks Head’s claims of office removal and device seizure

FS Transport Department has developed an app to regulate and boost scholar transport safety

Majola says this is the third time a death threat has been made to her life.

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The firm’s move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency.

The 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich, the local prosecutor said.

The Zulu king was trying to calm anti-migrant feelings but ended up using a highly derogatory phrase.

The president’s son, notorious for explosive remarks on X, has ambitions to succeed his father.

Prosecutors say Mamadou Hawa Gassama described Alassane Ouattara as a “tyrant” and “an enemy of Mali”.

Ariel Siedman has been given 72 hours to leave South Africa, the foreign affairs ministry says.

Rusty Labuschagne was a millionaire before being wrongfully imprisoned for 10 years in Zimbabwe’s harshest prisons.

Apex Education, a private school offering blended learning, charges R780 per month for school fees.

India’s budget focuses on infrastructure and defence spending and tax breaks for data-centre investments.

Defining the middle class in South Africa is widely debated, but data from various authorities gives us a good idea of how much it takes to be included.

Malema says people cannot demand services from government if they do not participate in elections

On the 18th of March the wards became vacant after the resignation of councilors

North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi said there is a political smear campaign against him.

A gallant defeat in the Australian Open final showed Novak Djokovic is still among the very best – but he does not know what the future holds.

Pakistan announce they will take part in this month’s men’s T20 World Cup but will not play their scheduled match against India.

Carlos Alcaraz wins a terrific point against Novak Djkovic in the Australian Open final.

Kaizer Chiefs have beaten ZESCO United 1-0 to edge closer to the CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinals, thanks to a Glody Lilepo strike.

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...

Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’ bank accounts

Foreign students attending independent schools in the UK are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to intercept their fee payments, according to new research.

Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to the bank account of a criminal, after receiving a fake...

Siya Kolisi shared a clip of trying Jollof rice for the first time, did his Nigerian-Dutch influencer ‘girlfriend’ cook the traditional meal?

A former Home Affairs worker has been jailed for five years for multiple counts of insurance fraud, costing hundreds of thousands of rands …

Full glam to laid bare: ‘Real Housewives of Durban’ reality TV star Sorisha Naidoo revealed her make-up free face…

Learners of Curro Century City now have access to a Woolworths Cafe on school premises. Take a look inside…

Chiefs now have seven points from four games in Group D.

Committee chairperson Mikateko Mahlaule described the department’s absence as unacceptable

The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture confirmed that 21 areas will officially be renamed

Carrick’s understanding of the red half of Manchester has been evident from the outset.

Yes, it is possible to scale horological heights without breaking the bank. It’s time to seek out the latest bargains.

Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain the organic matter that they do

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How does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, so to speak: thousands of tonnes of cosmic dust bombard the Earth each...

The Presidency’s project management office head Rudi Dicks says South Africa’s energy reforms are falling behind.

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The Eastern Cape will soon be home to the longest and tallest bridges in South Africa.

Many South Africans may use quick fixes to cover up scratches and dents, but that may be a bad idea.

The government has made no formal announcement regarding the National Rail Masterplan, which was supposed to be finalised by the end of 2025.