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Buti Manamela read the riot act: Friday deadline to explain Skills Fund CEO saga

15th October 2026

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Education has instructed Higher Education and Training Minister, Buti Manamela to explain himself no later than Friday regarding...

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How a Seta went from zero to R100m in wasteful expenditure in one year

14th October 2026

Services Seta, one of the most troubled sector education and training authorities (Setas), on Wednesday told parliament how it went from no...

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ANC Women’s League condemns killing of Boxer female staff in KZN

14th October 2026

The ANC Women’s League has condemned the gruesome killing of three female employees of retail giant Boxer in their Eshowe branch in...

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WATCH | Thabo Mbeki Foundation exposes Donald Trump’s BEE hypocrisy

13th October 2026

The Thabo Mbeki Foundation has exposed selective amnesia and double standards embedded in US President Donald Trump’s hostile stance towards South Africa’s...

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Buti Manamela suffers yet another court defeat over NSF chief appointment

13th October 2026

Beleaguered minister of higher education and training Buti Manamela has suffered another bloodied nose in the Labour court, this time over his...

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Andile Lungisa TKOs Mbalula – Court orders reinstatement to party list

9th October 2026

The Johannesburg High Court has declared the removal of Andile Lungisa from the party’s Nelson Mandela Bay proportional representation candidate list unconstitutional...

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Govt blames ‘misunderstanding’ of Concourt ruling for asylum disaster

8th October 2026

The government has come out to quell rising tensions over giving illegal foreigners asylum status following a controversial judgment of the constitutional...