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The Israel and Hamas truce agreement has hit a snag as the warring groups seek to straighten out the final logistical details. The looming four-day truce, which was set to start today, has now been rolled over to Friday. The temporary ceasefire will see the possible release of the hostages seized when Hamas attacked southern Israel in October, in exchange for Palestinians in Israeli prisons. According to the agreement, there […]

NSFAS applications for the 2024 academic year have officially opened. Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, announced that the application period will end on the 31st of January. Nzimande used his media briefing in Pretoria to remind students that they do not have to wait for matric results to apply for funding. The Minister has also announced a number of measures that will form part of improving the services for students. […]

Economist, Dawie Roodt, has described the latest rand manipulation as a storm in a teacup that politicians are using to divert attention from their failures. Twenty eight banks, both international and local, are implicated in the alleged foreign exchange manipulation between 2007 and 2013. The Competition Commission recently fined British multinational bank, Standard Chartered, R42 million after it admitted to colluding in the fixing of the rand. On Monday, the […]

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says UK's Standard Chartered has agreed to testify as a witness in the prosecution of banks that colluded in the manipulation of the rand over the years. The bank is one of the five financial institutions that have admitted to taking part in the alleged foreign exchange manipulation scheme, 16 years ago. It is understood that they and 27 other local and international banks […]

Deputy Minister of International Relations, Candith Masego-Dlamini, says the government needs to take into consideration that shutting down the Israeli embassy may affect its diplomatic presence in Palestine. Masego-Dlamini has told Parliamentarians that the government is discussing the future of the embassy in Pretoria. On Thursday, EFF leader, Julius Malema, tabled the motion to have the embassy to be removed. Various parties, including the National Freedom Party (NFP) and Al […]

The family of 12-year-old Sibusiso Mbatha say it is disheartening to know that four adults were at the centre of their child's demise. The Grade 6 pupil from Kehlekile Primary school in Thokoza took his own life after he was bullied over his sexuality. An independent report implicated four officials, including the deputy principal, whose utterances were found to have contributed to Mbatha's suicide. The Gauteng Department of Education had […]

The body of a missing 18-year-old teenager, who drowned in the Klipvalley River in Soweto, has been recovered after a frantic search on Wednesday. It is reported the teenager slipped and fell while trying to get across the overflowing river in Kliptown on Tuesday afternoon. Search and recovery operations commenced on Tuesday afternoon and picked up again at 08h00 am on Wednesday. Emergency Services' spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi, says his body […]

Political analyst, Levy Ndou, says the axing of COPE councillor, Colleen Makhubele, signals the continuation of political instability in the City of Johannesburg. Ndou says the residents of the city will continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing mayhem. The economic powerhouse of South Africa has been in limbo over the past few months, with the chopping and changing of mayors and council speakers. Recently appointed city manager, Floyd […]

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the recently published White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee protection sets out to overhaul the country's migration system. The white paper process was approved by Cabinet on the first of November and it seeks to provide a framework to guide the granting of residency and citizenship to foreign nationals, as well as the protection of refugees and asylum seekers. The drafting of […]