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Chris Gilili is a climate and environmental journalist at the Mail & Guardian’s environmental unit, covering socioeconomic issues and general news. Previously, he was a fellow at amaBhungane, the centre for investigative journalism.
The former minister of social development is alleged to have lied under oath
Education department urges young, jobless people to apply for teaching assistant vacancies
The National Arts Council vows that every cent from the sector’s Covid-19-relief programme will be disbursed to artists, after auditors uncover maladministration
Cosatu meets to deliberate on its support for the governing party in the upcoming local government elections
Moving the national senior certificate exams forward also allows matrics who are old enough to cast their ballots on 1 November
Zimbabwean court dismisses appeal by former president Mugabe’s three children
Digital certification looms, but questions remain on implementation, worldwide standardisation, fraud and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations
Leadership will be at the core of how the learning space evolves and uses the pandemic as an opportunity to advance
It is still unclear how discontent with politics, and the effects of Covid-19, will affect voter turnout, according to research company Ipsos
Cosatu pushes back against ‘treasury bureaucracy’ for not allowing civil servants emergency access to their retirement funds as a form of Covid-19 relief
Previously, the government had said people aged between 18 and 35 years would be eligible to be vaccinated only from September
Lawyers representing Tembisa Hospital say there is nothing staff could have done to avoid newborn’s brain damage.
Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20
The parastatal has struggled with financial constraints for some time, partly blamed on wasteful expenditure and the inability to create revenue
Hundreds of Treatment Action Campaign members braved the Joburg cold to camp outside David Makhura’s office on Tuesday night, demanding Charlotte Maxeke Hospital reopens
The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.
Tax agency’s custom officials in Durban seize imported cigarettes that were declared as tissue paper
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
The IEC has accepted former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke’s recommendation to postpone the vote to February, but still needs Constitutional Court approval to do so
The lawyer for the bereaved families argued that Dr Makgabo Manamela’s requests for postponements have a negative impact on the families of the deceased who seek closure
