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The education fraternity says the effective 22-year prison sentence imposed on a 16-year-old boy who murdered his school principal last year, will send a clear message to perpetrators that attacks on education staff will not be tolerated.

Usually known for its pristine beaches, extensive farmland, and massive tourism appeal, the Eastern Cape is now also the murder capital of South Africa, with about 14 people killed each day in the province from July to September this year.

Accountant Rushil Singh – accused of fraud, forgery and uttering to the tune of R178 million – will be spending Christmas behind bars after his third attempt to get bail was dismissed on Thursday as being opportunistic, “selfish” and “not human enough”.

DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach put in a request in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act to obtain the report Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane provided to President Cyril Ramaphosa on her involvement in the VBS scandal.

Transaction Capital, which is renaming itself Nutun after a massive restructuring, has flagged a total core loss, which includes once-off transaction costs and other one-time items, of as much as R2.1 billion for the year to end-September 2024.

Some of the 336 zama zamas charged with illegal mining and contravention of the Immigration Act could face an additional charge of possession of gold-bearing material, said Magistrate Lizelle Kok in the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court.

Embattled construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M&R), whose shares are suspended on the JSE amid a business rescue process for one of its units, said on Thursday that chair Suresh Kana has resigned with the effect from the end of November.

Liverpool are the only team with a perfect record in this season’s Champions League after beating title-holders Real Madrid 2-0 in their heavyweight clash on Wednesday, with last season’s runners-up Borussia Dortmund among the night’s other winners.

A Legal Practice Council (LPC) investigative committee has cleared Busisiwe Mkhwebane inquiry evidence leader Nazreen Bawa of professional misconduct and found no evidence to substantiate the racism accusations levelled against her.

A preliminary investigation into fraud with social relief of distress (SRD) grants has found “vulnerabilities [that] create opportunities for attackers to exploit weak points” in the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) system, vindicating to two students who found irregularities with the SRD system and blew the whistle.