227 Newly appointed Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Yusuf Cassim has described centralising NSFAS money as the wrong approach. In a recent interview he argued that the National Student Financial…
Category: Politics
Nkabane Elected Acting Agriculture Committee Chair
252 Former Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane has been elected acting chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture. The move comes after former committee chairperson Dina Pule was appointed to Cabinet as…
Mbalula rejects EFF’s apology demand over illegal immigration remarks
204 ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has refused to apologise to the EFF over remarks the party claims linked it to unlawful anti-illegal immigration protests, with his lawyers dismissing the defamation allegations as…
SALGA Warns Treasury Fund Freeze May Hurt Service Delivery
251 The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has cautioned that National Treasury’s decision to temporarily withhold July equitable share allocations from dozens of municipalities must not come at the expense of…
Malema Denies Wrongdoing In Affidavit To Madlanga Commission
234 EFF leader Julius Malema has filed a sworn affidavit with the Madlanga Commission, denying allegations linking him to senior Crime Intelligence officer Feroz Khan and rejecting claims that he was involved…
DA takes Tshwane deputy mayor Modise sanction to High Court, says council was misled
219 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has approached the Gauteng High Court to set aside the sanction imposed on Tshwane Deputy Mayor and Finance MMC Eugene Modise, arguing that the penalty handed down…
Nomvalo: Zuma – not me – Expelled Ndhlela and Zuma
200 MK Party Secretary-General Sibonelo Nomvalo has hit back at Nhlamulo Ndhlela and Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s court bid, insisting he was never the one who expelled the pair from the party. Zuma-Sambudla and…
Ramaphosa Appoints Ayanda Dlodlo as Ambassador To France
308 Former state security minister Ayanda Dlodlo is to be named as South Africa’s ambassador-designate to France by President Cyril Ramaphosa. She will succeed Nathi Mthethwa, who committed suicide in September 2025…
EFF Demands Probe Into Alleged Mismanagement Of Free State Arts Council Public Funds
231 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Free State has called for an urgent investigation into the alleged mismanagement of millions of rand earmarked for the province’s arts and culture sector,…
NEHAWU Turns Its Back On ANC, Backs SACP And Tearing COSATU Apart
271 In a move that is shaking the foundations of South Africa’s tripartite alliance, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) has made its most explicit break yet with decades…