Author name: Scott Balson

The North West Education Department has come under scrutiny for a five-year, R500 million contract awarded to a private consortium for the printing, storage, and transportation of matric and other exam papers. The deal, signed with the Libon-Ultron DSV consortium, includes enhanced security measures but has raised questions about costs and the department’s decision to […]

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli announced that more than 76,000 employment opportunities were created in the fourth quarter of 2024 under the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI), a key government program aimed at tackling South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis. The PYEI, launched in 2020 by President Cyril Ramaphosa, is a multi-sector plan designed to connect young job

A new report by background screening provider TPN has raised alarm over school safety after finding that nearly 3% of staff in South African schools have been flagged for criminal activity, including sexual offenses, violent crimes, and drug-related offenses. Key Findings from the Report 2.95% of school staff screened between March 2024 and February 2025 had criminal records. 1.22% of these cases involved crimes

Residents of Palmridge’s Tsietsi Phase 5 and Phase 6 informal settlements in Katlehong are demanding that the City of Ekurhuleni urgently provide services. Residents say many of them have have lived in these two informal settlements since 1994. The settlements have grown since then and are now home to over 2,000 households. Yet there is

Minister Parks Tau has granted a controversial 12-month lottery extension as an “emergency” temporary licence to Ithuba Holdings to run the Lottery. This extends Ithuba’s operations to 11 years despite the legal limit being ten years maximum. Tau’s decision comes despite two court judgments that found the temporary licence tender process unfair and favouring Ithuba.

The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has urgently warned the public to exercise extreme caution when meeting up with strangers through online dating and social media platforms. In a statement on Friday, the Portfolio Committee said this follows alarming reports of kidnappings, robberies, and targeted attacks in the Maboneng precinct. This as

Authorities are urging anyone with information about the murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fosa to come forward after her mutilated body was discovered in Durban Deep, Roodepoort, on Tuesday. The grim discovery was made by a passerby who alerted police after spotting the teenager’s remains in an open veld, lying beneath shrubs. Fosa had been reported

Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 14-year-old girl was discovered in Durban Deep, Roodepoort, in western Johannesburg. The grim find was made by a passerby who alerted authorities after spotting the victim’s remains beneath a shrub on Tuesday. Authorities confirmed in a statement that the suspects remain unknown, and no

Ncebakazi Mbogo, a 38-year-old entrepreneur from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, is transforming her struggles into opportunities by teaching unemployed youth valuable manufacturing skills while running her own detergent business from her backyard. From Poverty to Entrepreneurship Mbogo’s journey has been marked by hardship. Growing up in poverty, she dropped out of school early and

Centurion, South Africa – The discovery of yet another group of Ethiopians in Centurion has reignited concerns over South Africa’s porous borders. Over 20 young men, displaying signs of malnutrition, dehydration, and torture, escaped from a house earlier this week in what authorities suspect was a kidnapping operation. This incident follows months after another group of