Author: Phumla Mkize

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Michael Mahlangu’s facial operation is finally on

The day 24-year-old Michael Mahlangu, who was born with a rare birth defect, has been waiting for has finally arrived. Today (Sunday, May 28), Mahlangu – who ... Read more.
Education

NSFAS to respond in 48 hours to 8 universities’ demands

Student representative council leaders from the country’s eight universities, who marched to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) office in C... Read more.
Education

Academics warn against targeting the vice-chancellor

The problems at Unisa and the collapse of governance and management did not begin with the current vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Puleng LenkaBula but her predecesso... Read more.
UNISA
Education

‘Unisa council the root cause of governance failures since 2016’

Almost a decade of governance failures and financial, HR and ICT irregularities have come to a head at the University of South Africa (Unisa) with a leaked inde... Read more.
Kodwa in contact with Manzini’s family
Celebrity News

Kodwa in contact with Manzini’s family regarding burial assistance

The office of the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa has confirmed that it is in contact with the late jazz musician Musa Manzini’s family who ha... Read more.
Study
Education

Only 19% of grade 4 pupils can read for understanding – study

The latest report on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls) shows that 81% of South African pupils in grade 4 cannot read for understandin... Read more.
News

Tuks hospital heeds Mahlangu’s plea for facial surgery

Hope has sprung to life for a 24-year-old man with a rare birth defect after the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Oral and Dental Hospital heard his desperate pl... Read more.
Blade Nzimande
News

No record of any police probe into officials who leaked Nzimande rant

With two officials suspended in connection with a leaked audio of the minister of higher education, science and innovation complaining about not getting media c... Read more.
News

Leaked audio of Nzimande to blame for suspension of officials

Two officials in the Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology have been suspended in connection with a leaked audio in which Minister Blade Nziman... Read more.