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Overcrowding, infrastructure failures and school safety dominate Gauteng education MEC's agenda — but deeper structural pressures remain unresolved
MEC Lebogang Maile's State of Education briefing in Bryanston, Fourways, landed at a moment when Gauteng's schooling system is under intense strain from rapid population growth, infrastructure decay and recurring safety incidents.
Hill-Lewis is set to meet Ramaphosa on Tuesday and has not ruled out a DA cabinet reshuffle
Newly elected leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Geordin Hill-Lewis, is set to meet president Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday for a "meet-and-greet", say party sources.
Court rejects Sergeant Nkosi's bid for detention in Kgosi Mampuru hospital wing
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has refused Sergeant Fannie Nkosi's application that he be held in the hospital wing of Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility instead of the general prison population.
Political killings task team investigates assassination of municipal accountant
The Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) is reportedly investigating the murder of Martha Mani Rantsofu, a finance official at Emfuleni local municipality who was gunned down in Vanderbijlpark on 30 March.
Comrade, scholar, cadre: A letter of respect to Sakhela Buhlungu
Molo Qabane (Dear Comrade)
Homes are being stolen in plain sight
A tweet is doing the rounds about a woman being evicted from her own home. Not because of a tenant dispute or a missed bond payment. Within hours, the replies flooded in. "Banks and the deeds office are mafias." "South Africans are under attack." "Do we still have a country?"
Is state capture metamorphosing into higher education capture?
Even though I do not know the full extent of the allegations against Professors Sakhela Buhlungu and Nokuthula Sibiya, their cases may well fall squarely in this category of flimsy allegations. The Zondo and Madlanga commissions have helped to lay bare state capture in South Africa. With some of it dramatised on TV through many witnesses, only a few could claim not to know what it is.
Hill-Lewis takes helm of DA leadership
Geordin Hill-Lewis was elected leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday, placing the Cape Town mayor at the helm of South Africa's second-largest party at a pivotal political moment.
Resourcing African agency: A practical agenda for the continent's future
In the midst of prevailing global disorder, great-power realignment, and uncertainties lies an opportunity to create a just and inclusive world for greater prosperity. Amid this cautious optimism, the question is not whether African agency matters, but how it is resourced. When supported, it strengthens resilience, deepens democratic participation, and sustains development. When undermined, it constrains Africa's ability to shape its own future. The real challenge is to ensure material support that advances continental priorities and shapes global norms.
DA leader storms out of congress after losing federal chair position
Seconds after Solly Msimanga was announced as the new federal chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA), former federal chair Ivan Meyer stormed out of the plenary in anger.