130 Scores of schools have yet to complete reviews of their admission and language policies in line with the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act, prompting Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education…
Category: Politics
NAC crippled, DSAC spent a month doing nothing
169 The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) knew on 15 October that the National Arts Council (NAC) council had collapsed below the legal minimum. It is only placing the advert…
NAC board members turned on each other, McKenzie tells Parliament
205 Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has told Parliament that the National Arts Council (NAC) council was so divided that some of its own members asked him to disband it….
Mapisa-Nqakula back in court for R4.5m corruption case
136 Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected back in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday November 11 where she will continue to fight 13 criminal charges relating to allegations that…
McKenzie shocked as NAC CFO fails to explain R40,000 double payment
169 EFF MP Eugene Mthethwa has told National Arts Council (NAC) chief financial officer Reshma Bhoola that she does not deserve her job, after she could not explain a R40,000 double payment…
NAC’s R65m scandal: CFO cannot explain who authorised the transfers
153 National Arts Council (NAC) interim chief financial officer Reshma Bhoola could not say whether the council ever approved R65 million that she and a former CFO moved out of the NAC’s…
DA, Helen Zille reject Malema’s apology demands: ‘See you in court’
160 The Democratic Alliance (DA) and its federal chairperson, Helen Zille, have rejected demands by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to retract and apologise for allegedly defamatory statements, telling his…
ANC Joburg says it learnt of Thuthukile Zuma’s resignation on social media
141 The ANC Greater Johannesburg Region has confirmed receiving Thuthukile Zuma’s resignation letter from the Regional Executive Committee (REC), but says it first learnt of the resignation on social media before the…
Knives out for Ramaphosa after salary hikes for political elite
142 President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing mounting pressure from within the labour movement and the broader liberation movement, with union federations accusing him of being out of touch with the suffering of…
BELA Act rollout hits trouble as transport shortages and community resistance stall school mergers
135 The rollout of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act is running into serious trouble in rural provinces, where scholar transport shortages and community resistance are stalling plans to merge or…