DA and ANC clash over Employment Equity Amendment Act regulations on race-based quotas

Thami Magubane|Published

The Employment Equity Amendment Act's new regulations has ignited a fierce legal dispute between the DA and ANC, raising concerns over race-based employment quotas ...

EFF to introduce bill in Parliament aimed at cancelling student debt

Thami Magubane|Published

The EFF plans to introduce a private member’s bill in Parliament aimed at cancelling student debt, addressing the issue that traps young South Africans in unemployment ...

‘Wedding bells’ for King Mswati, Zuma’s daughter

Thami Magubane|Published

She will be introduced to the king’s mother in the coming weeks and unveiled to the nation during the Reed Dance in eSwatini. Public reports state that the tentative ...

Dispute over election results heads to Electoral Court

Thami Magubane|Published

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) says it will be heading to the Electoral Court to demand a recount of the votes in last week’s elections amid concerns ...

Mbeki expresses concerns about the number of parties contesting election

Thami Magubane|Published

He said the diversity in the voting however should not be suppressed.

Zuma to make a call on MKP leadership

Thami Magubane and Lindile Sifile|Published

The fallout from the Concourt judgment has also raised questions as to whether the MKP – should it have representation in Parliament – would have the same stature ...

MK Party warns of more expulsions

Thami Magubane|Published

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party is not done purging members that it suspects of being “rogues working with external forces” from the newly formed party.

Application fees impede university access, a ‘money-making scheme’ - student union

Thami Magubane|Published

The SA Union of Students wants universities to scrap the application fees paid by prospective students looking for a place to study, saying the fees impede access ...

Matric marking process to begin

Thami Magubane|Published

The head of examinations in the Department of Basic Education has detailed the department’s readiness to begin the marking process for this year’s Grade 12 exams. ...

Consumers may lose medical aid tax credits

Karen Singh and Thami Magubane|Published

The national Department of Health has suggested that the funds used to reimburse medical aid scheme members every year would instead be fed into the NHI Fund.

Minister Mchunu issues warning over water losses at municipalities

Thami Magubane|Published

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has instructed municipalities to ensure the collection of water revenue from all consumers, warning that the culture of ...

State of municipalities a concern: National Treasury report reveals deepening debt crisis

Thami Magubane|Published

Municipalities across the country are in a perilous state, facing escalating consumer debt crises and battling to service their own bills.

Salga concerned about looming power price hike

Thami Magubane|Published

Salga said it is concerned that the price of electricity has risen by more than 300% in the past 13 years while the supply has not been consistent.

Unrest report unpacks shocking policing inefficiencies and dysfunction

Thami Magubane|Published

MEMBERS of the Public Order Policing (POP) unit only had one water cannon vehicle servicing the entire KwaZulu-Natal that they could use to disperse the crowds that ...

Dept warns communities against dumping foreign objects in sewerage system

Thami Magubane|Published

The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned municipalities to take action against illegal dumping in sewerage infrastructure.

Deadly drive-by shooting plunges ANC into further chaos

Thami Magubane and Sibusiso Mboto|Published

The volatile ANC nomination process has plunged the party into further chaos after three ruling party supporters were killed in a drive-by shooting in Inanda on ...

Criminal syndicates target Transnet’s fuel pipeline, millions of litres stolen

Thami Magubane|Published

More than three million litres of fuel have been stolen in the current financial year by brazen criminal syndicates targeting Transnet’s fuel pipeline.

Unions demand that public servants have early access to pensions

Itumeleng Mafisa and Thami Magubane|Published

“Retirement savings are hard-earned deferred wages of workers and the national Treasury is ill-qualified to tell workers that they cannot access them while experiencing ...

Teacher unions worry about critical PPE shortages in some schools

Thami Magubane|Published

Teacher unions have expressed concern about personal protective equipment shortages as schools opened on Monday

Engen ordered to take responsibility for impact of 2020 explosion

Thami Magubane|Published

The petroleum company has been accused of failing to provide reports with details on the cause of the explosion

Unions, parent bodies against pupils returning to schools on January 27

Thami Magubane|Published

The National Coronavirus Command Council is expected to give a directive in the coming days on whether government schools will reopen in the last week of January ...

School dates set for 2021

Thami Magubane|Published

Changes to school calendar to accommodate later start to the year, June holidays shortened.

This is when schools will re-open in 2021

Thami Magubane|Published

Pupils will return to school on January 25 for the start the year and have one less week to rest during the June holidays next year.

2020 matrics will only get final results at the end of February 2021

Thami Magubane|Published

The marking of scripts, which was normally done before Christmas, would take place in the new year from January 4 to 22.