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Police captain accuses Bok scrum-half Faf de Klerk of ‘attempted murder’

Brandon Nel and Bulelwa Payi|Published

Springbok Rugby World Cup-star Francois “Faf” de Klerk has been accused of threatening to use a panga to hack a Stellenbosch police captain to death and for hurling ...

Group defends Afrikaans, Christian students at Stellenbosch University

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Stellenbosch Staan Op has slammed Maties’ transformation policies and claimed that they led to the ’racial targeting’ of minority groups.

Relief as R350 SRD grants expected to be paid

Bulelwa Payi|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa said beneficiaries of the social relief of distress (SRD) grant will receive their money next week.

Priest urges Ramaphosa to establish inquiry into historical sexual abuse

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Reverend June Major delivered a memorandum to President Cyril Ramaphosa's office in Cape Town that calls for an inquiry into historic child sexual abuses in churches ...

Public urged to vaccinate to help economic recovery

Bulelwa Payi|Published

While the health-care sector was scrambling to meet the demand at the start of the vaccination roll-out against the Covid-19 pandemic, it is now faced with a challenge ...

Mbalula warns taxi bodies to find a solution . . . or else government will find it for them

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said talks were on the ’brink’ of reaching an agreement and warned that if none was forthcoming, the government would have to make ...

Calls for return of Ters grow amid anticipation of booze ban extension

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Organised labour has urged government to implement the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) to mitigate the impact of the ban on the sale of alcohol. ...

Students face bleak future after confusion over NSFAS funding

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Thousands of students, some of whom were in their final year of studies, said they were told by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), in the middle ...

Eskom prepares for higher demand

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Energy experts say that load shedding is expected to continue for a few more months at least

Results of BCG vaccine trial expected soon

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB)

NSFAS welcomes new board and CEO

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Union says it will give its full support to the new board in its efforts to stabilise NSFAS and grant students from poor backgrounds access to funding.

Summit calls for urgent economic reforms post-Covid

Bulelwa Payi|Published

The second annual Social Justice Summit, hosted by the University of Stellenbosch, saw the launch of the M-Fund, a crowdfunding initiative aimed at accelerating ...

N Cape author realises her dream

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Engela Ovies grew up and worked on a farm, but ‘the desire to write was always there’

#TheLostBoysOfBirdIsland More damning info to be released soon

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Investigative journalist and co-author of The Lost Boys Of Bird Island, Chris Steyn has confirmed moves to make an announcement but would not give further details. ...

‘I was sexually abused by priests at St Cyprian’s’

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Shukri had been in touch with one of the bishops but was unwilling to go into detail or name the person or persons who abused him.

Latest sim swap scam occurs across banks - Sabric

Bulelwa Payi|Published

Bank customers have been warned of a new SIM-swap scam, with a big cellphone network asking its subscribers to guard against “social engineering scams”.