The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has pledged to strengthen cooperation with scholar transport operators to improve learner safety and ensure compliance with transport regulations across the province. The commitment follows a meeting with operators held as part of the Learner Transport Education and Awareness Programme (LTEAP), an initiative aimed at promoting regulatory compliance and improving the safety and quality of learner transport services. The department welcomed the engagement, which focused on educating operators about their legal and operational…

Moves are afoot to help as many promising young quantity surveyors as possible make a smooth transition from university to professional practice and full professional accreditation. The South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) is visiting institutions of higher education as part of its leadership fellowship programme. Through the initiative, it supports young people as they move from university into professional practice and, ultimately, towards professional accreditation. The SACQSP’s Registrar and CEO, Mfezeko Gwazube, said the need to…

Former President Thabo Mbeki has rejected allegations that his administration interfered with the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, telling the Commission of Inquiry into Stopped TRC Investigations and/or Prosecutions that claims linking him to an alleged agreement to halt prosecutions are based on hearsay. Mbeki was responding to questions from evidence leader Advocate Ngwako Maenetje SC during his testimony before the commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe in Johannesburg on Monday. Reading from his statement, Mbeki addressed evidence…