Promises, Promises but Still No School
Willowvale families have been waiting for their new school since 2018
Education
Strokes Are on the Rise in Africa: Why the Continent Needs Its Own Care Guidelines
Despite the rising burden of stroke across Africa, there is no continent-wide framework or standardised protocol for stroke management.
Storm-Damaged Schools Still Not Repaired After Four Years
KwaZulu-Natal government says a contractor started work last week, but we saw no evidence of this when we visited the schools on Monday
Rising Body Count Underscores Cape Town Policing Crisis
The number of people killed in shooting incidents in Cape Town has spiralled since the launch of the Safer Festive Season operations last month, with 40 deaths, mostly gang-related, reported over the past two weekends.
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School Pit Latrines Demolished but Not Replaced With New Toilets
Two primary schools in Limpopo have been struggling for over a year with inadequate chemical toilets
Judge Interdicts Operation Dudula
Human dignity has no nationality, says Judge Adams
School principal suspended for financial mismanagement, again
Khulile Qamata previously faced charges of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement at another school
Boxing Academy Gives Khayelitsha Youth a Fighting Chance
Recently turned pro boxer Yonelise Poni has trained at the Grassroots Youth Academy gym along with coach Jongi Kamko since 2017. She won the Eastern Cape championship earlier this year. Yonelise dreams of more fights on the international stage and loves the feeling of complete focus she gets when she’s facing an opponent in the …
Soccer Field Offers Hope to Johannesburg’s Children
Field of Dreams project aims to counter the neglect of the city’s public parks
President Samia Hassan’s Grip on Power Has Been Shaken by Unprecedented Protests
The regime once seemed untouchable. Now anything feels possible.
More Than 10-Million Consumers Cannot Repay Their Debt
But there is a silver lining
Kwazulu-Natal Premier Promises Funds for Special Schools
Schools have been closed for weeks in protest against failure to meet their needs
Filthy, Broken Toilets and Teachers Urinating Behind Bushes: A Groundup Investigation Finds Limpopo’s Schools Have Not Yet Been Fixed
Ten years after the Michael Komape tragedy, many schools still need proper toilets
Budget Fraud Charges Laid Against Western Cape MECs and Officials
The GOOD Party is here to lay criminal charges against Western Cape MECs and senior officials who committed fraud by knowingly tabling falsely balanced provincial budgets in order to present a rosy picture of the province’s finances ahead of last year’s general election.
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Details of Brett Herron’s Fraud Complaint Against Western Cape MECs
GOOD Secretary-General and Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Brett Herron, has lodged a criminal complaint against former Finance MEC Mireille Wenger (now Health MEC) and Education MEC David Maynier.
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Good Withdraws From Johannesburg Pride
The GOOD Party will not take part in Johannesburg Pride, set to take place on Saturday, 25 October. GOOD has proudly supported Pride marches across South Africa since our inception in 2018.
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Special Schools in KwaZulu-Natal to Stay Closed
Parents demand buses, more staff and a hostel
MPs Call for Heads to Roll at Fort Hare
Vice Chancellor Sakhele Buhlungu has not properly explained why a man facing corruption allegations was promoted
SNAFU: Minister’s Promise To Probe Followed By Deafening Silence
Several teachers at Dr Böhmer School in Bloemfontein claim that their careers were destroyed after they blew the whistle on financial mismanagement. And the undertaking by the national Minister of Education, Siviwe Gwarube, to probe the matter has come to nothing but a deafening silence. The teachers claim they were accused of racism and sexual […]
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Anti-BBBEE Bill Subverting Principles of Transformation
The fact that the ANC has grossly manipulated Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policies to favour a small circle of its friends is disgraceful and wasteful, but that does not mean the national imperative to transform ownership of the economy should be abandoned.
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‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ Is Corporate Gaslighting – The Real Change Must Come from the Fossil Fuel Industry
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
How to Get out of the Debt Trap
There are institutions which can help if you’re in debt
Fort Hare Paid R17-Million for Work That Was Never Done
ICT department staff and service providers implicated in alleged multimillion-rand scam
Zoning Problem Forces Ottery School to Close
Parents with children at Otters’ Creek Junior are scrambling to find space at other special needs schools