Use it or lose it: Gauteng Education Dept urges parents to accept placements: The Gauteng Education Department has given parents of grade one and eight pupils until Friday to visit the school they were allocated and finalise the process. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Firefighters still battling to extinguish Franskraal, Hermanus fires: While fire crews are still battling to put out the flames in Franskraal and Hermanus, mop-up operations continue in Betty’s Bay. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Agri Dept working round the clock to combat FMD, says Zokwana: Several countries have banned red meat exports from South Africa following the outbreak. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
SANDF warrant officer nabbed in alleged cash-for-jobs scam: A warrant officer in the SA National Defence Force is expected to appear in the Thaba Tshwane military court following his arrest for alleged involvement in a cash-for-jobs scam. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Please Call Me saga still far from over: Johannesburg – Cellphone giant Vodacom insists that a settlement has been reached with its former employee Nkosana Makate, who invented the “Please Call Me” service. The mobile network operator has received a backlash from subscribers and high-profile politicians, including Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi and Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, over the Makate saga. In a statement on Monday, Vodacom spokesperson Byron Kennedy said: “In the spirit of the confidentiality agreement both parties signed as part…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Boy, 5, stabbed in trolley at shopping mall: Cape Town – A 47-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 5-year-old boy in the chest while he was shopping with his mother at the Waterstone Village Mall in Somerset West on Monday. “The circumstances surrounding an assault with the aim of…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Tourist saved after being swept off rocks: Cape Town – An American tourist’s decision to swim further out to sea after rough waves had swept her from the rocks in Gordon’s Bay on Sunday may have saved her life. The 20-year-old tourist was brought to the NSRI Gordon’s Bay base after being found floating 150m offshore in…
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Former convict turns his life around and is now a lecturer: Durban – A former KwaMashu convict has turned his life around since his two-year incarceration from the age of 17. Mnelisi Xaba, now 28, excelled in matric at the Usethubeni School at Westville Prison and also obtained his Masters degree in marketing. He is now an assistant lecturer and academic student adviser at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT). Xaba was…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Police watchdog probes officers over alleged gang links: Cape Town – The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has launched an investigation into allegations made against police officers accused of having links to gangs. This comes after Colonel Charl Kinnear lodged a complaint in which he asked for an urgent investigation into crimes allegedly committed by six members…
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[CARTOON] Cyril The Burgermaster: By Dr Jack & Curtis. ……
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