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“He was going to be a hospital case,” says Pule’s killer on his threat to Shoba.

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The killer and state witness in the Tshegofatso Pule murder case, Muzikayise Malephane, took to the stand to continue his testimony about the events before the death of Pule on June 4 2020. During his detailed account, Malephane admitted to threatening the alleged mastermind of the murder, Ntuthuko Shoba, from…
26 Jan 2022 11AM 5 min

‘I suspect rats’ - Here’s who Malema believes is to blame for parliament blaze

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EFF leader Julius Malema has come up with a theory about what may have caused the fire that gutted parts of the National Assembly building in Cape Town. Addressing the media in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Malema shared his belief that negligence led to the blaze that ripped through the building…
26 Jan 2022 3AM 7 min

Lamola wants to 'skip the leadership queue' but must wait his turn: Malema

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EFF leader Julius Malema believes ANC national executive committee member Ronald Lamola is not ready to be party deputy president. Malema was reacting to Lamola’s apparent interest in contesting for the position of ANC deputy president at the party’s national elective conference in December. Lamola recently called for “new blood”…
26 Jan 2022 2AM 3 min

Prison inmates achieve 77% matric pass rate

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Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola announced the 2021 matric results of prison inmates on Monday. Lamola said 147 inmates passed out of the 191 who registered to write matric last year. He said eight of the schools achieved a 100% pass rate, and “82% of our pupils qualify…
24 Jan 2022 7AM 3 min

Dear men and white people: here's how to be a better anti-patriachy and anti-racism ally

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How should white people respond to their positionality in a world in which anti-black racism proliferates? How should men respond to their positionality in a world in which patriarchy proliferates? What does it mean to be an ally of black people? What does it mean to be an ally of…
24 Jan 2022 5AM 6 min

A+ for class of 2021 for conquering disruptions: Education expert

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Education expert and University of Johannesburg associate professor Nicky Roberts says the matric class did well, especially given they experienced a full year of Covid-19 and associated disruptions. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced that the pass rate went up marginally to 76.4%. “We are seeing stability in the system…
21 Jan 2022 6AM 4 min

ANC staff slam party for blaming political funding law for non-payment of salaries

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ANC employees have slammed the party’s leadership for blaming new party funding legislation for its non-payment of salaries. At a press conference on Friday, chairperson of the ANC staff representative committee Mvusi Mdala said the party had challenges paying salaries before the Political Party Funding Act came into effect.
21 Jan 2022 3AM 5 min

2021 matric year 'better than 2020': public school support programme

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Centre for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education (CASME) director Henre Benson says the 2021 grade 12 academic year improved from 2020. Benson says learning losses and the affect of Covid-19 on learning was reduced this year. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga is expected to announce the grade 12…
20 Jan 2022 10AM 7 min

Motshekga praises SA's top 33 matrics who 'soldiered through two years of covid-19'

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Education minister Angie Motshekga had breakfast with the top grade 12 pupils from public schools for 2021. The minister will announce the grade 12 results pass rate on Thursday evening, while exam results will be released on Friday."This is a class that got the best of Covid," the minister said…
20 Jan 2022 4AM 2 min

SA united in outrage at Eskom's proposed double digit tariff hike

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Eskom’s proposed tariff hike of 20.5% for its next financial year, which is set to kick in from April 1, has South African’s united in outrage. We asked a sample group of South African citizens, how much they are currently spending on electricity and what they think about the increase. 
19 Jan 2022 6AM 9 min

Malema meets with restaurant owners on labour practices

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EFF leader Julius Malema visited restaurants in Johannesburg to assess the employment ratio of locals and foreign nationals as a part of the party’s initiative to challenge exploitive labour practices in SA. The party said Malema will engage with business owners in the hospitality industry nationwide.
19 Jan 2022 6AM 2 min

Psychiatric order against alleged parliament arsonist set aside, called “unlawful”

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The court order referring alleged parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe to Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital for 30 days of mental observation was set aside by the High Court in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon. Mafe is to be released and detained at a normal correctional services facility pending his formal bail application.
18 Jan 2022 12PM 3 min

Black consciousness, white tears: ubuntu’s challenge to liberalism

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Eusebius discussed Black Consciousness, liberation theology and white liberals with Harvard University doctoral candidate and author Panashe Chigumadzi. In this latest episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, Chigumadzi starts off by explaining why it is important for black people to not be distracted by anti-black racism, puzzling through the conundrum that…
17 Jan 2022 8AM 5 min

Can't shake your Covid-19 symptoms? Here's why

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25% to 30% of all people who contract and survive Covid-19 will continue to suffer from Long Covid, which is the persistence of Covid-19 symptoms three months from the time a person stops being infectious.  Long Covid cannot be formally diagnosed and there is no way of telling who will…
14 Jan 2022 7AM 11 min

Diagnosing the dramatic decline of the ANC

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Political analyst and head of the political studies department at the University of Cape Town associate professor Zwelethu Jolobe says despite the ANC NEC clearly articulating how a renewed party should look, it's not capable of taking its subordinates along with it. "The problem we have here is that we…
14 Jan 2022 4AM 13 min

Gauteng COGTA's Lupi Ngcayisa on the collapse of Joburg council sitting

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MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and CoGTA, Lebogang Maile, has written a formal letter to the Speaker of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Councillor Vasco Da Gama, requesting the Speaker to provide the MEC with a comprehensive report on the collapse of the council meeting of 13 January…
14 Jan 2022 3AM 1 min

Law on driver demerit system ruled invalid: Outa wins court challenge

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The Pretoria high court on Thursday found the Aarto Act and its amendment, on which the planned demerit system for traffic offences is based, inconsistent with the constitution. Consequently, judge Annali Basson declared the Aarto Act and the Amendment Act “unconstitutional and invalid”.
13 Jan 2022 5AM 2 min

Dr Phophi Ramathuba responds to 'open your books & close your legs' backlash

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Media personality Siv Ngesi has joined the thousands of people expressing their outrage over Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba's recent school visit address where she advised the girls to open their book and close their legs. A video of the Limpopo Health MEC went viral on Twitter after Ramathuba…
13 Jan 2022 4AM 8 min
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