
Fake school shuts down to ‘fix registration issues’
Academy operated illegally last year, charging R10k to matriculants
FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY 2026, 19:39

Academy operated illegally last year, charging R10k to matriculants

The PMBEJD’s latest Household Affordability Index shows that the cost of a basic nutritional food basket in December 2025 was R5,333.45, a 66% increase from December 2019.

Despite challenges, Rethabile Mahlabe was able to achieve four distinctions through determination, hard work and encouragement from his support network.

“This is a real catastrophe.” This is how President Cyril Ramaphosa described the devastating floods in Limpopo which have so far taken nine lives since the heavy rains began.
HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters) – China’s population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on January 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop.
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Radio Free Asia, a US state-funded outlet that largely ceased operations last year amid a Trump administration cost-cutting drive, plans to revive its Korean content as a way to reach reclusive North Korea, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, as she tries to gain some influence over how the president shapes the South American country’s political future.

The recent events in Venezuela have exposed the strategic risks of Cuba’s foreign entanglements.
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This week’s Friday Briefing explores the Moureleng moment as the surest sign of the ANC’s decline and irrelevance.

Reform UK is showing ‘momentum and magnetism’, but faces a familiar critique of being dubbed the Conservatives 2.0, the BBC’s political editor writes.

Former Conservative shadow minister Robert Jenrick joining Reform UK hours after he was sacked by Kemi Badenoch, is the main focus of Friday’s papers.

The rarely used law allows the president to use active-duty military personnel for law enforcement.

After a decade of trying for a baby, Caroline and her husband decided they needed to build a different future.

The actor starred in the West Wing TV series and is also known for the baseball film Field of Dreams.

Seven hospitals with Raac that were prioritised last year are not expected to be completed on time – some not until 2032/33.

Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica’s vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

The secret discussions, bombshell leak and sacking which led to Robert Jenrick defecting to the Reform party.

The woman appealed for help after realising her father could not slaughter the pigs for a village feast alone.