Some of the country’s top-performing Grade 12 learners say they feel excited and honoured to be recognised among South Africa’s best academic achievers. The learners were hosted at a ministerial breakfast celebrating the Class of 2025 at MTN Headquarters in Fairlands, Johannesburg. Newsnote spoke to several of the top achievers about their journeys and future aspirations. Temogo Matong from Morokweng near Vryburg in the North West says becoming one of the country’s top learners has always been his dream. “I’m…

ActionSA has criticised what it describes as excessive travel expenditure by Cabinet Ministers serving in the Government of National Unity (GNU), citing findings from its GNU Performance Tracker, an index established to monitor the coalition government since it assumed office. According to the report, GNU Ministers have spent close to R450 million on travel and accommodation over the past 18 months. ActionSA highlighted several examples, including the office of Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, which spent R2.12 million…

The African National Congress (ANC) has struggled to explain what appeared to be a poorly attended celebration of its 114th anniversary, held at Moruleng Stadium in the North West, where only one side of the grandstand was occupied. The party attributed both the late start of the programme and the failure to fill the 20,000-seater venue to traffic congestion. This was despite buses having been arranged from across the country to transport supporters to the event. Throughout most of the…