Education
Single-dose treatment a boost for sleeping sickness
Africa’s long battle against sleeping sickness may be approaching its final chapter as a new single-dose therapy gains international regulatory backing.
The drug, acoziborole, received...
Grade 5 pupil assaulted after explicit WhatsApp group allegations
The Gauteng Education Department has denounced an incident at Discovery Primary School in Roodepoort, Gauteng, where a grade 5 pupil, accused of creating a...
Midrand maths teacher nabbed after pupil raped
Police have arrested a mathematics teacher from Ivory Park Secondary School for allegedly raping a Grade 12 pupil.
The incident took place in December 2025...
Roedean probe uncovers failures after tennis saga
Roedean School SA is under mounting scrutiny after preliminary findings into the cancelled tennis fixture against King David School Linksfield revealed serious lapses in...
Deputy president launches R100m Wits hydrogen facility
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says South Africa’s green hydrogen ambitions must anchor a new era of reindustrialisation, urging the country to “build what we...
Cyril Ramaphosa pledges to build more universities, TVET colleges
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the government will move to build more universities and TVET colleges in an effort to expand access to...
Rookie mistakes that derail first-year university students
As orientation week wraps up across South Africa's campuses, the selfies, themed parties, and campus tours are fading fast.
What’s left is the real test...
Gauteng MEC commits to regularising scholar transport operators
The Department of Roads and Transport in Gauteng has reaffirm its commitment to support scholar transport operators to regularise their operations.
The provincial MEC for...
Shifting perceptions and using culture as a currency
Nonkanyiso Mbonambi has built a career that intentionally cuts the distance between art, activism and economic sustainability, anchored in the belief that creativity is...
UMP propels graduates onto the global stage
Demands of the modern workplace require graduates who are globally fluent, competitive, and aligned with an evolving global village.
This means universities and other institutions...












