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The Gauteng DOE has ticked all the boxes in terms of security for its schools. Yet,there has been a seeming increase in incidents at schools. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
COUNTRY

The art of flouting security

The Gauteng DOE has ticked all the boxes in terms of security for its schools. Yet,there has been a seeming increase in incidents at schools

  • Gemma Ritchie
13 min read
Youngsters huddle together in a group hug at Nkosi’s Haven following their morning warm-up. (Gemma Ritchie)
ARTINSIDEOUT

Learning to find peace on the stage

artInsideOut launched an intensive three-week theatre course aimed at helping children use creativity to handle setbacks.

  • Gemma Ritchie
4 min read
A rescued Lesser Flamingo chick peers out of a box after being moved from a dam in the Northern Cape Province to the SANCCOB rehabilitation centre in Cape Town, South Africa. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)
BIRDLIFE SOUTH AFRICA

Who’s to blame for dying flamingos?

Drought or poor infrastructure — What is the cause of all the flamingo drama in the Northern Cape?

  • Gemma Ritchie
6 min read
Maria Ramos (Olivier Douliery/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
ABSA

What’s next for Maria Ramos?

After leading Absa for a decade, Ramos is retiring from her post as chief executive at the end of February

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
Cinda Eatock is the founder of the not-for-profit Dansazania. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GEMMA RITCHIE

Slice of life: Tapsula and the superhero

‘It gave us a great vehicle to discover the conversation that can be had historically and today between tap and pantsula dance’

  • Gemma Ritchie
1 min read
Kodwa: “We are avoiding doing a running commentary on every witness that appears. In many instances, you can find one testimony contradicts another.” (Gallo Images)
ANC

ANC stands by comrades implicated at Zondo commission

The party will wait for the findings of the Zondo commission before it takes action

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
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4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Motshekga: We look to 2018 matriculants to solve problems

The pupils have been tasked to work towards the fourth industrial revolution

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
Quality assurer Umalusi said it found no discrepancies during its evaluation of the 2024 NSC examinations
GEMMA RITCHIE

IEB matric results: 98.9% pass rate

More matric learners are writing and passing the IEB exams

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
Denel’s turnaround is expected to arrest the current decline in the company’s performance and restore the company’s position as a strategic national asset and industry leader.
DENEL

Embattled Denel gets new CEO

Daniel Du Toit is expected to build on the turnaround strategy that was introduced at Denel earlier this year

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
In June 2015, Molefe wrote to Optimum stating that Eskom had terminated the settlement process. (Samantha Reinders)
COAL

SIU wants Eskom-Tegeta R3.7bn coal contract cancelled

The ten-year contract is expected to end in 2025

  • Gemma Ritchie
4 min read
In a statement released on Saturday, Fransman said he would be engaging his lawyers “to better understand the decision of the director of public prosecutions in Kimberley.” (Gallo)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

NPA to prosecute Marius Fransman over sexual harassment allegations

Marius Fransman is accused of sexually harassing his personal assistant during a work trip in 2016

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
‘Universities must enjoy academic freedom and institutional autonomy, allow for freedom of inquiry and be transparent, accountable and ethical in their practices in all respects,’ Prof Tawana Kupe
GEMMA RITCHIE

Tuks appoints Kupe as new VC

The University of Pretoria council says Professor Tawana Kupe brings ‘considerable experience’ to the position

  • Gemma Ritchie
1 min read
The competition tribunal hearings were contested by Lonmin’s largest trade union, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union over the possibility of job losses. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ASSOCIATION OF MINE AND CONSTRUCTION

Sibanye-Lonmin deal one step closer, moratorium on job cuts

The South African Competition Tribunal approved Sibanye’s acquisition of Lonmin subject to agreed conditions between the two companies

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
In his report, AG Kimi Makwetu noted that unauthorised expenditure by provincial and national governments increased to to R2.1-billion. (Lisa Hnatowicz/Beeld/Gallo Images)
AUDITING

Pattern of wasteful expenditure as audit regression increases

The Auditor General says over the last four years, more audit outcomes have regressed than improved

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
In South Africa, the unanimous ConCourt ruling found section 12(1)(a) of the Regulation of Gatherings Act unconstitutional. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GEMMA RITCHIE

ConCourt judgment a step forward for activists, but Joburg still has ‘protest fees’

The White House is considering an ‘event management cost’ which is not that different from Joburg’s ‘planning costs’ for protests

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
Pravin Gordhan has strongly denied that his daughter did business with the State. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
GEMMA RITCHIE

Zuma expressed ‘extraordinary interest’ in Sars boss — Gordhan

Pravin Gordhan tells Zondo commission former president Jacob Zuma prolonged the appointment of a new Sars commissioner until after the May 2014 polls

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
Referring to “attacks” on his daughter in the wake of his testimony before the commission, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan denied allegations that she amassed millions of rands through state tenders. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
BARBARA HOGAN

#StateCaptureInquiry: Gordhan — Connect the dots to uproot state capture

The public enterprises minister tells Zondo commission what appeared to be ‘isolated incidents’ was actually part of a larger picture of corruption

  • Gemma Ritchie
4 min read
Abram Masango was the subject of a disciplinary hearing in 2017 over allegations of failing to do proper risk and governance processes relating to Kusile power station.
BEN NGUBANE

Masango quits hours after Eskom suspension

Abram Masango has resigned hours after Eskom suspended him

  • Gemma Ritchie
1 min read
Breytenbach said on CapeTalk that it was a difficult decision to give up her ‘dream job’, but she made the decision because ‘a political appointment of any nature would not be in the best interest of the NPA.’ (Theana Breugem/Gallo)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Breytenbach withdraws as Maimane calls for NPA head who is ‘above party politics’

Glynnis Breytenbach announced on Tuesday evening that she was giving up her dream job for the sake of the NPA

  • Gemma Ritchie
2 min read
Dirco urges journalists to carry correct travel documentation (Photo Archive)
ANGELA QUINTAL

Dirco urges journalists to carry correct travel documentation

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said Tanzanian authorities told her Quintal and Mumo were detained because they had contravened their visa regulations

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read