Trucking industry calls for better co-operation with govt over Beitbridge impasse

Tebogo Monama|Published

The trucking industry has called for better co-operation with government following long delays at the Beitbridge border post.

Limpopo principal’s commitment to her rural pupils wins her R145k prize

Tebogo Monama|Published

Livhalani Bridget Sinyosi, a principal at Dzata Secondary School in Nzhelele, won the AU Continental Teacher Prize and was awarded R145 912.

Nelson Mandela University to offer medicine as study choice in 2021

Tebogo Monama|Published

The Nelson Mandela University has received the final approval from the South African Qualifications Authority to offer medicine as a study choice.

Sadtu takes wage increase fight to ConCourt

Tebogo Monama|Published

The government has said it wants to reduce the public service wage bill and this is one of the reasons salaries have not been increased:

Pupils to get 3-year recovery plan to catch up on work missed due to Covid-19

Tebogo Monama|Published

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the recovery process will straddle 2021 to 2023 to gradually recover the learning losses.

Worry over malaria cases being missed as symptoms are similar to those of Covid-19

Tebogo Monama|Published

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says the current focus on Covid-19 has led to malaria being missed:

Eateries, bars cautioned against hosting super-spreader events during second wave

Tebogo Monama|Published

South Africa is currently experiencing a spike in Covid-19 cases among the youth, between the ages of 15 and 19.

Matric rewrite not meant to punish pupils but ensure varsities respect their qualifications, says Umalusi

Tebogo Monama|Published

Exams assurer Umalusi says the decision to rewrite two matric papers was made in the best interest of the candidates.

Mandela Museum liquidators advertise tender for new firm to run it

Tebogo Monama|Published

Liquidators of Nelson Mandela’s Soweto home have advertised a tender for organisations to take over the running of the museum:

AfriForum, pupils take Motshekga to court over decision to have matrics rewrite Maths and Physics

Tebogo Monama|Published

AfriForum is helping four high school pupils in their bid to get Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to reverse the decision that two Grade 12 exam papers be ...

Sadtu heads to court to block matric rewrite after paper leaks

Siviwe Feketha and Tebogo Monama|Published

Sadtu heads to court in a bid to block the department from forcing all learners back to the exam room after Maths and Physics papers were leaked.

’Had it not been for the police, my abusive husband would have killed me’

Tebogo Monama|Published

#16Days While many women complain about how ineffective the police are in enforcing protection orders, one Pretoria woman has spoken about how officers have helped ...

Matric exams: Lesufi says life sciences paper may have been leaked

Tebogo Monama|Published

Speaking at a media briefing, the MEC said the that the Education Department was investigating whether the life sciences exam paper was leaked.

Gauteng Health on a drive to fill CEO positions at three hospitals

Tebogo Monama|Published

The Gauteng Department of Health announced that it had advertised positions for hospital CEOs at Tshwane District, Bertha Gxowa District in Soweto, Lenasia South ...

Leaked Matric exam paper shared on Twitter hours before pupils started writing

Tebogo Monama|Published

Department of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and provincial MECs are trying to get to the bottom of yet another leaked matric exam paper.

Mom pained by hurtful comments hurled at son, 3, with cleft palate

Tebogo Monama|Published

Each and every day Qaqambile Phika has to fight to protect 3-year-old Sibaluhle from people who make fun of his appearance because he has a cleft lip and cleft palate. ...

Research shows how fires can ravage 20 shacks in under 5 minutes

Tebogo Monama|Published

The new research is expected to help fire departments develop better planning around the management of informal settlement blazes.

Hawks, DBE in hunt for source of exam leak

Tebogo Monama|Published

The Department of Basic Education is on the hunt for the source of the matric Maths Paper 2 leak that has affected eight provinces.

Three Gauteng mental hospitals ‘unsuitable’ for patients

Tebogo Monama|Published

Conditions at three Gauteng hospitals where patients were raped are so bad that they are not suitable to admit mentally ill patients.

I sleep like a baby at night as I know I got this job on merit, says new Commission for Gender Equality CEO

Tebogo Monama|Published

Civil society organisations claimed that former CEO Keketso Maema was sidelined for the position as she’s not South African and the job was given to Jamela Ellen ...

Stellenbosch uses GoPro cameras to teach medical students surgical procedures

Tebogo Monama|Published

Lectures have been using wearable GoPro cameras to record surgical procedures from the surgeon’s point of view and then use them to teach medical students.

Violent school brawl was over R25 debt, Lesufi says

Tebogo Monama|Published

A video circulating on social media shows boys, some in school uniform, viciously fighting in groups outside Edenglen High School in Edenvale.

StatsSA appoints National Advisory Committee to help with first digital census

Tebogo Monama|Published

The appointment of the committee is part of StatsSA’s plans to start educational and community mobilisation initiatives before the final Census 2021 pilot early ...

Tukkies produce nanobodies to help in Covid-19 fight

Tebogo Monama|Published

Nanobodies can also be used to design ‘dipstick’ tests and these can be used in communities and homes for Covid-19 diagnosis.

Dysfunctional Soweto Heritage Trust blamed for Mandela House Museum mess

Tebogo Monama|Published

Liquidators say Soweto Heritage Trust Unable had been unable to effectively maintain and promote Mandela House, and due to the lack of an active board of directors, ...

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