Education MEC Lebogang Maile highlights persistent challenges
723 schools show signs of overcrowding, with a documented shortage of about 5,554 classrooms
By Sowetan Reporter
US-Iran talks in Islamabad end without deal
Ceasefire and oil flows at risk after US-Iran peace talks collapse
By Reuters
WATCH |Police launch formal probe into constable allegedly assaulting civilian
Video suggests that attack took place inside Volksrust police station
By Emanuel Majola
Police launch manhunt after clinic visit reveals 16-year-old pregnancy
SAPS open a case of statutory rape against 22-year-old male
By Modiegi Mashamaite
Minister condemns rape of 12-year-old girl in Dobsonville
Suspect, 58, allegedly caught in the act by his wife and subsequently arrested on charges related to child abuse
By Modiegi Mashamaite
Third person dies after Vryburg school pupils’ car crash, bringing death toll to four
The North West department of education has confirmed that a third pupil has died after a road accident involving pupils from Vryburg High School during the week
By Modiegi Mashamaite
‘Moral crisis’: ATM urges Motsoaledi to act on Dora Nginza Hospital ‘collapse’
The ATM has called on health minister Aaron Motsoaledi to take immediate and decisive action to address a “collapse” at Dora Nginza Hospital in the Eastern Cape
By Modiegi Mashamaite
Call centre accused of ‘evil’ curbs on toilet breaks for staff
Woman tells CCMA she was embarrassed while having her period because she couldn’t get to the bathroom
By Isaac Mahlangu
We don’t want to be Sandton by the sea, say Ballito residents
Angry locals act to halt proposed six-storey development, saying it doesn’t take into account their ‘old-world pavement culture’
By Yasantha Naidoo
PHILILE NTULI | Geopolitics, energy and the price of food
The world has been enjoined in a collective state of anxiety and uncertainty, writes Philile Ntuli.
By Philile Ntuli
Pakistan sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under mutual defence pact
An Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia’s sprawling Jubail petrochemicals complex on Monday had raised concerns in Pakistan that the Gulf kingdom might retaliate, potentially jeopardising the Iran peace talks, sources said.
By Reuters
Trump says US forces are ‘clearing’ Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump on Saturday posted on social media that the US military has started to clear the Strait of Hormuz, and that all of Iran’s minelaying ships have been sunk.
By Reuters
‘Everything is hard — death is better than living’: Ten years on and still fighting for the right to die
This week, Dignity SA approached the North Gauteng High Court in a landmark legal bid to decriminalise and legalise medically assisted dying in South Africa.
By Yoliswa Sobuwa
Krill wars: Eco-activists take on Antarctic trawlers
Fears grow that increasing exploitation of the tiny creatures could collapse food chain for whales and other marine life
By Joy Russell
ICE launches new effort to uncover US ‘birth tourism schemes’
ICE said the operation will seek to root out networks that help pregnant foreign nationals come to the US to give birth so their children can receive citizenship
By Reuters
