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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, tertiary education institutions moved lectures online in a bid to save the academic year. CAPE TOWN – A University of Cape Town (UCT) study has revealed that many students lack adequate resources for remote learning. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, tertiary education institutions moved lectures online in a bid to save the […]

A report published and compiled after interviews with 73 convicted wildlife offenders in SA’s jails concluded that 70% of them were forced into crime to make a living. A vet removes the front horn from a rhino to prevent it being poached. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Most people convicted for wildlife poaching and trafficking […]

The airport is one of three airports, along with OR Tambo International Airport and King Shaka International Airport, that will be open for international travel from 1 October. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula addressing the media on 24 September 2020 at Cape Town International Airport. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday […]

The king on Thursday addressed the Umkhosi we Lembe, the annual commemoration of the day King Shaka was killed, at the eNyokeni royal palace in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal. FILE: Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Picture: @kzngov/Twitter DURBAN – AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has called on South Africans to launch a war against rapists. Zwelithini on Thursday […]

In a statement on Thursday, parliament’s presiding officers said despite the most depressing challenges this year had brought, Ubuntu, human dignity, and human decency, saw South Africans rise together against a deadly global pandemic. FILE: Traditional Dancers at the Heritage Day celebrations at James Motlatsi Stadium in Orkney, North West in 2014. Picture: GCIS. CAPE […]

The report makes proposals to reinvigorate the country’s industrialisation aspirations, Cabinet said on Thursday. JOHANNESBURG – Cabinet has approved the publication of a report by the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the Government Gazette. The report makes proposals to reinvigorate the country’s industrialisation aspirations, Cabinet said on Thursday. The report comes […]

The president delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address on Thursday under the theme ‘Celebrating South Africa’s Living Human Treasures’. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged South Africans to use Heritage Day to reclaim their identity and re-establish the spirit of Ubuntu as a nation. The president […]

The suspended health MEC gave Bloom 24 hours to retract his statement regarding the admission of patients at the Nasrec field hospital. FILE: Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku addressing the media in Johannesburg during a press briefing on 17 July 2020. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku has threatened the […]

The group has been known to terrorise civilians across Johannesburg, carrying out crimes ranging from hijackings and targeting residents at gunpoint. Four suspects were arrested outside The Nicol in Bedfordview on 24 September 2020 in connection with high end jewellery robberies. Picture: Supplied. JOHANNESBURG – Four suspects were arrested in Bedfordview on Thursday evening in […]