Kabelo Khumalo

Covid-19

Tension between Sadtu and government intensifies

15th July 2020

The Department of Basic Education Department (DBE) has lashed out at the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) for publicly calling for...

Education

Close schools with immediate effect – Sadtu

14th July 2020

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), the biggest union in the education sector said today, schools should close immediately until after...

Business

Huawei’s 5G frozen out of the UK

14th July 2020

The United Kingdom (UK) government has dealt Chinese multinational technology group, Huawei, a blow after it said all the company’s equipment will...

Business

UIF ushers in a new COVID-19 TERS payment regime

14th July 2020

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has introduced a new regime to verify banking details of beneficiaries of COVID-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme...

Business

Government urges SAA pilots to accept severance packages

14th July 2020

The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has urged individual pilots at embattled South African Airways (SAA) to accept voluntary severance packages (VSPs)...

Education

Knives out for UCT’s vice-chancellor

13th July 2020

A damming report into the leadership style of University of Cape Town’s vice-chancellor (VC) Mamokgethi Phakeng has cast her future in doubt,...

News

Too many countries are headed in the wrong direction – WHO

13th July 2020

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) today issued a start warning that many countries were failing to...

Education

UCT Council elects female chair and deputy in a historic vote

13th July 2020

South Africa’s premier higher education institution, the University of Cape Town (UCT), wiil for the first time in its history have women...

Politics

“An activist in her own right” – politicians pay tribute to Zindzi Mandela

13th July 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet members on Monday led tributes for the late South African ambassador to Denmark and struggle icon,...

Business

The Foschini Group makes a R480 million offer to buy Jet

13th July 2020

The Foschini Group (TFG), owners of Markham said today it had submitted a conditional offer to acquire certain commercially viable stores and selected...