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The officers told GroundUp they haven’t issued a ticket since 2022 for any of the common offences from reckless driving and illegal parking to un-roadworthy vehicles and moving violations. File photo
ARTICLE

The traffic department that hasn’t issued tickets for years

Officers say there is no daily parade, no work plan and no duties are delegated to them. They have no ticket books and they lack even a card identifying them as officers

  • Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
  • Johnnie Isaac
4 min read
The late honourable Mandla Makupula, MPL. (Photo: Eugene Coetzee/The Herald)
BASIC EDUCATION

Champion of the learning foundation phase dies

MEC Mandla Makupula was a stickler for detail, and lifted the provincial education department out of crisis

  • Johnnie Isaac
5 min read
Omotoso was nabbed in April last year in a dramatic arrest operation at the Port Elizabeth International Airport. (Lulama Zenzile/Gallo)
ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION

Education is for everyone

Mandla Makupula was a fearless and straight-talking activist

  • Johnnie Isaac
6 min read
Education policy specialist Naledi Mbude
BASIC EDUCATION

Teaching in the mother tongue

The MTBBE programme is an important part of decolonisation

  • Johnnie Isaac
6 min read
ANGY PETER

Activist Angy Peter found guilty of murder

Judge Robert Henney found Angy Peter and her co-accused guilty of premeditated murder. Their bail was withdrawn and they will stay in police custody.

  • Johnnie Isaac
4 min read