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BREAKING | High court orders Manamela to reinstate disbanded NSFAS board

14th August 2026

The Pretoria High Court has found that higher education minister Buti Manamela’s decision to appoint Professor Hlengani Mathebula as administrator at NSFAS...

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Cornered Buti Manamela blames ‘the department’ for flouting NSFAS Act

13th August 2026

Troubled minister of higher education Buti Manamela has blamed “advice from the department” for his contravention of provisions of the NSFAS Act...

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‘Municipalities functioned well until ANC lost power in 2016’

12th August 2026

The ANC has placed the blame for the deterioration of governance and service delivery in South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities on coalition governments...

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Buti Manamela faces fresh Public Protector probe

9th August 2026

By Mawande AmaShabalala Mawande@sundayworld.co.za   Higher education and training minister Buti Manamela is facing a fresh probe from the office of the...

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Outrage as TVET college hires 10 foreigners ahead of South Africans

6th August 2026

The Gert Sibande TVET college in Mpumalanga has been exposed for employing  ten lecturers who are foreign nationals without the consideration of...

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Blow to Fikile Mbalula as ANC loses another high court case

6th August 2026

The latest Eastern Cape High Court judgment delivered on Thursday has gone beyond being just a legal defeat to be a devastating...

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Analysis| Why Jacob Zuma is not stupid

5th August 2026

So, MKP leader and former head of state Jacob Zuma has appointed his son Duduzane Zuma as his deputy. And it is...

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Mbalula mulls defamation suit over Dlamini-Zuma’s vote-buying claims

5th August 2026

African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile “Vutha” Mbalula, in his personal capacity, is consulting his lawyers with a view to suing ANC...

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Herman Mashaba: ‘I’ve been eyeing Ayanda Allie since 2025’

31st July 2026

ActionSA leader and the party’s Joburg mayoral candidate is over the moon after the acquisition of former Bosa member of the provincial...

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In case you missed it | Julius Malema in his element

31st July 2026

EFF leader Julius Malema held a press briefing in Sandton following the party’s local government elections manifesto launch and anniversary celebration in...