Author: Larson Thebe
National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) employees have opened a criminal case against a former board member for allegedly stealing 10 laptops intended for under-resourced schools in the Eastern Cape. According to a statement from NSFAS, the board member, who was leading the scheme’s delegation, allegedly kept 10 of the 30 laptops allocated to six high schools during a donation drive in March this year. Each school was expected to receive five laptops for communal use. Meanwhile, NSFAS Administrator Professor Hlengani Mathebula has expressed disappointment over the incident, adding that it is “shocking that a board member of an organisation…
The North West Department of Education has expressed its gratitude after the 1MillionSchoolShoes Campaign donated 600 pairs of school shoes to learners from six schools across the province. The donation, which coincided with the conclusion of Nelson Mandela Month, was handed over during an event at Sarucena Primary School in Extension 25, Vryburg. The Pretoria-based non-profit organisation has donated more than 150,000 pairs of school shoes to vulnerable learners across South Africa over the past decade. Through the initiative, the organisation aims to ensure that children from disadvantaged communities have access to proper school footwear, helping to restore dignity, improve…
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced a decrease in petrol prices for motorists, while diesel users will have to dig deeper into their pockets from 3 August 2026. This marks the second consecutive decrease in petrol prices, while diesel and illuminating paraffin have recorded their first increases. “Both grades of petrol will decrease by 52 cents per litre. “Diesel will increase by R1.23 and R1.38 per litre. “Illuminating paraffin will increase by 2 cents and 3 cents per litre at the retail level. “The maximum retail price of LP Gas will decrease by R4.41 per kilogramme countrywide…
The Gauteng Department of Health has rolled out its Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign at participating independent primary schools across the province. The campaign, which forms part of the Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP), will run from 3 August to 9 October 2026. The department has, meanwhile, called on parents, caregivers and legal guardians to support the campaign by signing and returning consent forms to schools to ensure eligible learners receive this life-saving vaccine. “Thereafter, vaccination teams will visit outstanding public primary and special schools to reach eligible learners who may have been missed during the earlier campaign, as most…
South African football star Relebohile Mofokeng has continued his impressive rise after helping Royal Union Saint-Gilloise lift the Belgian Super Cup. Mofokeng scored the winning penalty as Union Saint-Gilloise defeated Club Brugge 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regulation time to claim the season’s opening silverware, marking another milestone in his promising career. Mofokeng came off the bench in the 61st minute, with his side trailing, but it took 16 minutes for Union to find an equaliser through Kevin Mac Allister to force the game to go to penalties. The latest triumph comes just 70 days after Mofokeng…
The Border Management Authority (BMA) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) have clarified that truck delays along the corridor leading to the Beitbridge Border Post in Musina are not being caused by operations on the South African side of the border, but rather on the Zimbabwean side. According to the two organisations, the primary cause of the delays is screening procedures and congestion at the Zimbabwean border. “All SARS and BMA functions, including immigration processing, agricultural inspections, port health services and biosecurity controls, are operating efficiently, with systems functioning normally. The congestion is being experienced on the Zimbabwean side…
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has launched an investigation following a viral video showing JMPD officers assaulting a motorist. What began as a routine traffic stop turned violent after the driver was verbally assaulted, manhandled inside the vehicle, grabbed by the throat, pulled from the vehicle, and thrown onto the tarmac. JMPD spokesperson Superintendent Xolani Fihla said the department had noted the incident with serious concern. “While the department has not yet received a formal complaint regarding this specific matter, an active investigation is officially underway through our Internal Affairs Unit using all available evidence currently at our disposal.…
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says the government remains committed to open, constructive and action-oriented dialogue with member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on matters of mutual concern, particularly regional stability and migration management. DIRCO was responding to the final communiqué issued following the 69th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which condemned the recent wave of alleged “xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks” in South Africa. The regional bloc also called for a united response and plans to escalate the matter to…
Suspended Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke has been cleared of all misconduct allegations levelled against him by former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi. The findings follow the completion of the Nkabinde Panel of Inquiry, which was established to determine whether Chauke was fit and proper to continue holding office. Chauke was suspended in July 2025 pending the outcome of the inquiry. The panel, chaired by former Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde, was appointed in September 2025 to investigate serious allegations relating to Chauke’s fitness and propriety to hold office. Presidential…
Banyana Banyana are adapting well to their new surroundings in Casablanca, Morocco, ahead of the 2026 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), which will be held from 26 July to 16 August. The 2022 African champions arrived on Sunday and have already completed two intensive training sessions as they prepare for their opening Group D match against Tanzania next Monday. The group also includes Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. “It was a long journey, but we’ve had two sessions now trying to acclimatise to the heat, as we are coming from a cold South Africa. Fortunately, it’s not as…