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Police officers behind bars for allegedly killing a teenager
The two police officers who allegedly shot and killed a 16-year teenager Nathaniel Julies in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, have been taken to custody. Julies lost his life at the hands of law and order enforcers on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. He was suffering from down-syndrome, a medical condition that seemed to have fueled […]
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Grade 12 Pupils Return to Schools
The 2020 matriculants made their way back to schools today after a 1-week break. The brief closure was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the face of Covid-19 exponential spike across the county. The phased-in approach to the re-opening of contact learning will see grade 7s return next week. The other grades are scheduled for […]
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High Court orders DBE to reinstate school-feeding scheme to all pupils immediately
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled yesterday that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and its associate-provincial structures should reinstate the National School Nutrition Programme effective immediately. Delivering the stinging ruling on Friday, July 17, the Acting Deputy Judge-President Surel Potterill found: “that all qualifying learners, regardless of whether or not they have resumed […]
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Trade Unions call for school closures
There is unshakable fear in the schooling system around the country. The tension between government and stakeholders is reaching fever pitch. Labour unions have joined the demands of parents to have schooling temporarily halted until the novel coronavirus peak pass. Government has a mammoth task at hand. South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) is calling […]
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Mandela’s Daughter, Zindzi, Passed Away
Zindziswa (Zindzi) Mandela passed away in the early of Monday morning at a Johannesburg hospital, reports the SABC. The cause of her death is not yet known. The feisty Zindziswa was the youngest daughter of the late Ex-President Nelson Mandela and the late freedom stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Zindzi was only 59 years old when she […]
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Electoral Act adjudged unconstitutional
The South African Constitutional Court declared Thursday June 11, 2020 that the Electoral Act No. 73 of 1998 in its current form is unconstitutional. The case was mounted by the New Nation Movement NPC and Others against the President of RSA and Others in view of the Electoral Act barring independent individuals to exercise their […]
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Shoprite Group recalls pilchards in-house brands
The Shoprite Group has recalled pilchards in tomato sauce company branded or in-house brands in its stores across the country. “There is a small possibility that some tins may have a canning deficiency which could make the product unfit for consumption,” Business Insider SA reported quoting the manufacturer’s [West Point Processors] statement on Saturday. According […]
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DBSA grants SAA a R3,5bn loan
The Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) has given South African Airways (SAA) a lifeline to stay in the sky. It has granted the national carrier R3, 5bn with R2bn upfront. SAA has been in the red for the longest of times. The National Treasury had to intervened on innumerable occasions to finance it out […]
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Pupil’s Orientation of Death
A veil of secrecy surrounds the drowning and ultimate death of a grade 8 Parktown Boys High School pupil Enoch Mpianzi at an orientation camp at Nyathi Bush and River Break lodge near Brits in North West. The lifeless body of a grade 8 pupil Enoch Mpianzi was pulled out of the menacing river on […]
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Matriculants on tenterhooks upon the announcement of 2019 results
Never before has the Midrand sun rose so fine in anticipation of the 2019 Grade 12 results than today. For all the over 790 000 full-time and part-time matriculants who set for last year’s exams, their 12-year lap has come to its final reckoning. The class of 2019 will learn its fate when the Minister […]
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