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Stock Photo (Photo: Shutterstock)According to Fedsas, seven of South Africa’s nine provincial education departments have again failed to pay over the full resource allocations to public schools.Dr. Jaco Deacon, chief executive of Fedsas, says that this money should have been in schools’ bank accounts by 15 May in terms of the National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF).”Seven of the nine provincial education departments have again chosen to withhold tax money from public schools. We are of course talking about the resource allocations that must be paid to public schools every year in May and November. This is a…
The communications officer of Nissan Africa, Ramy Mohareb, emphasized that the company has no place in the country following the sale of its factory in Pretoria which was bought by Chery South Africa.Nissan has been producing in South Africa for years at its factory in Rosslyn. This is where the Navara van was built. In the past, the NP200 was built and in the past years, the 1400 was also built.Mohareb said they will end Navara production at the end of June.”If you remember correctly, we had the NP200 and there was going to be a car to take its…
“This is going to put them in a position where they can identify with others in their world. This makes me terribly excited, because we so badly want our children to be accepted, understood and part of real life, because they are part of life.”
The Durban Council elaborated on the reason for the influx of tourists to the city as well as the closure of the beaches at a press conference at City Hall yesterday. The manager of the council, Mr. Musa Mbhele, who started by apologizing for the damage caused to the residents of Durban, businessmen, commuters as well as tourists, said that the flow of sewage that continues to be seen on Margaret Mncadi Avenue was caused by a technical failure at the Mahatma Gandhi Pump Station. He said that the cause of the technical failure of this pump was caused by…
Archive photo for illustration. (Photo: Hangela/Pixabay) Solidarity says Cyril Ramaphosa’s defense of black economic empowerment (SEB) in the mining sector is not in line with the reality of an industry that has shrunk over decades. This follows after Ramaphosa said in the National Assembly last week that criticism against the BEE is unfounded and that opponents of the policy “should be ashamed” because, according to him, they are pursuing white supremacy. The president described mining after 1994 as a success story of transformation. However, according to a report from the Solidarity Research Institute (SNI) which was launched on Tuesday, the…
The lack of clarity on whose hands the docket is in, has led to the case of the brutal murder of a man from Koffee Farm, KwaNdengezi being postponed to next Wednesday.Mr. Kholwani Cele (34) is said to have been beaten to death, his body was covered with a stone, and then thrown into the Mngeni river. He was last seen alive on October 23, last year, leaving work, going home.In January this year, a neighbor, Mr. Sibongiseni Johannes Mbhele, was first arrested, and later those who were accused of being accomplices in committing the crime, Mr. Bongumusa Mkhonto and…
A small group can fruitfully reflect on whether and how it promotes its own cultural life while also experiencing good interactions with other groups. Parts of Persian culture and Western cultures are unthinkable without such mutual interaction in the last 250 years.
Published On 19 May 202619 May 2026Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is under investigation in Spain over alleged influence peddling and related crimes in the long-running Plus Ultra airline case.The High Court said on Tuesday that Zapatero’s office in Madrid was searched along with three other premises, adding that the former premier had been summoned to testify on June 2.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe investigation is tied to the 2021 state rescue of Plus Ultra, which received 53 million euros ($62m) through the state holding company SEPI during the COVID-19 pandemic.The case escalated in…
AFTER a few weeks Durban City made history by becoming the first KwaZulu-Natal team to win the Nedbank Cup, this province is on the verge of making another history by having three teams finish the Betway Premiership season in the Top 8 for the first time since the Premier Soccer League (PSL) was established. Although it was the first KwaZulu-Natal team, Manning Rangers, to win the first league title in the first PSL season of 1996/97, but this province has never had three teams finish the season in the Top 8.It has happened many times that KZN has had two…
A Congolese family in Nanda wants action to be taken by ambulances following the death of their baby due to the delay and negligence of emergency workers. A seven-week-old baby boy, Skanyeko Nxumalo, died at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Public Hospital, Phoenix on April 29.According to his mother, Ms. Lindokuhle Nxumalo, the problems that led to the death of her twin son, started the day before, when she saw that he was not well, she went to the local clinic.He said he got there at 9 in the morning, he didn’t even pick up the line because he could see…