This comes as a report “is on its way to my desk”, according to the minister, regarding possible changes to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), which cuts off financial support above an annual R120 000 household income. The report arises from recommendations tabled in the cabinet in January after a years-long review committee […]
President Jacob Zuma caught Phiyega off-guard on Wednesday while she was directing her senior management team to answer MPs’ questions about the SAPS’s performance, including why more than 7 000 dockets in the Free State were closed. An assistant bent down to chat to her just after 4pm. Phiyega closed her notebook and took her […]
Fees are expected to go up by 10.5 percent from next year due to declining government subsidies, but the students will have none of it, saying the “exorbitant” increase excludes working class students from the chance of getting a higher education. They blocked cars trying to enter the university from 6am, disrupted classes, opened lecture […]
The news of the passing of the legendary Muvhango actor, who played Vho-Mushasha in the SABC2 soapie, was announced by the daily telenovela via a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Good Morning viewers. Its with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr Sammy Moeti who used to play Vho-Mushasha,” Muvhango posted on Facebook. “A […]
In February 2014‚ Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found Motsoeneng had abused his power and increased his salary from R1.5-million to R2.4-million within one year as acting chief operating officer; and that Motsoeneng lied about his matric qualifications. The Democratic Alliance in 2014 took legal action to compel the SABC to implement Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s […]
Family spokeswoman Anneliese Burgess released a media statement on Tuesday in which she said the family have now been officially informed about the decision by the parole review board to refer the matter regarding his release on correctional supervision back to the parole board. The review board, which convened on Monday to consider Pistorius and […]
MTN is turning five of its lucky subscribers into overnight millionaires just for being on the MTN network. MTN will be giving away a monthly cash prize of R1 million to each lucky subscriber between October 2015 to January 2016 just for staying on the MTN network. This cash prize of R1 million in cash […]
The alleged assassination of a North West province businessman has prompted the Congress of the People (Cope) to call for “thorough lifestyle audits on the politicians and officials” in the province. Wandile Bozwana was shot last week near the Garsfontein off-ramp on the N1 north. He later died of his injuries while his colleague‚ Mpho […]
DJ Super Nova will perform at events across South Africa as well as do media interviews across the country, and perform in Botswana at the end of the month. DJ Super Nova is no stranger to South Africa having previously conducted a successful promo tour in the country, as well as having his mixes air […]
We, citizens and residents of South Africa, have gathered here in our thousands today under the banner of Unite Against Corruption to tell the government that we have had enough of corruption, which is crippling our economy, destroying jobs, stealing from the poor, sabotaging service delivery and undermining the basis of our democracy. We have […]