• Hundreds of Wits students on hunger strike over registration delays

    Hundreds of Wits students on hunger strike over registration delays0

    Hundreds of returning students at Wits University have gone on hunger strike until they are all registered. The strike, now in its second day, will continue until these returning postgraduate students have their demands met. It’s been a week since all South African Universities started the academic year. However, some returning students cannot register. Unregistered

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  • KZN hand, foot and mouth disease cases rise to 117

    KZN hand, foot and mouth disease cases rise to 1170

    The number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in KwaZulu-Natal has risen to 117, according to the provincial health department. The cases have been found in 10 primary schools, as well as in daycare centres. The ages of the children with the disease are between 3 and 13 years. The director of communicable

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  • SANDF member Strydom to be buried in Kimberley next Friday

    SANDF member Strydom to be buried in Kimberley next Friday0

    One of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be buried in Kimberley in the Northern Cape on Friday next week. Pieter Strydom will be buried after a private funeral service. The soldiers were killed in fierce fighting between the M23 rebels and the

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  • Gauteng govt, police, parents tackle bullying, gangsterism in schools

    Gauteng govt, police, parents tackle bullying, gangsterism in schools0

    The Gauteng Education Department says it’s working closely with law enforcement officials to promote safety in all schools in the province. MEC Matome Chiloane says parents and School Governing Bodies’ members gathered in Eesterust in Pretoria to seek ways of ensuring the safety of learners and educators. Gauteng School Safety Imbizo | Aims to foster

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  • Family of multiple murder convict Enoch Ndou welcomes verdict

    Family of multiple murder convict Enoch Ndou welcomes verdict0

    The family of a man who has been convicted of killing seven of his family members has welcomed the verdict of the High Court in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The court, which was sitting in the Waterval Magistrate’s Court outside Louis Trichardt found Enoch Ndou guilty on Friday. He will be sentenced on the 14th of next

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  • Gauteng Education hosts imbizo into safety at schools

    Gauteng Education hosts imbizo into safety at schools0

    The Gauteng Education Department will today host an Imbizo in Pretoria to look into the safety of learners and educators at schools. It will be held at the Prosperitus Secondary School. MEC Matome Chiloane will address the safety challenges that the surrounding schools are facing. School Safety Imbizo | Initiative seeks to stem out bullying,

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