South Africa

With the Safer Festive Season Operations in its final phase, Gauteng police arrested 484 suspects over the weekend for various crimes.

African Union's (AU) foreign affairs’ ministers are set to meet in the Moroccan city of Rabat from Tuesday to elaborate the African agenda on migration.

A Gauteng traffic officer is due to appear in the Pretoria commercial crimes court this morning on charges of corruption and extortion.

Consistency is key. This is the advice from one Gauteng’s top achieving students, Taskeen Joosub from Central Islamic School, who bagged eight distinctions in the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

The Gauteng Basic Education Department (GDE) has dominated the list of top performing districts across the country with 7 of the top 10 performing districts emanating from Gauteng.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has reminded the 11 000 provincial learners, who failed their examinations, that it is not the end of the world.

Grade 12 learners, who passed matric in 2017 but have not yet secured a place at a university or college, have been urged to use the Central Applications Clearing House (CACH) system.

Premier David Makhura has congratulated Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi and his team on the provincial matric results.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has announced a 76.7% pass rate for inmates who sat for the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. 

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has congratulated the matric class of 2017 and wished them well in their future academic endeavours.

It’s been 12 years in the making but it certainly was worth the long hours, sheer dedication and hard work for over 75% of the country’s matric learners.

Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga says the 18 751 progressed learners who passed the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations now have a golden opportunity to access either university or a TVET college.

Schools in the Free State and Gauteng have good cause to celebrate this evening as nine of the 10 best performing districts can be found in these landlocked provinces.

Of the 2 777 learners with special education needs who wrote the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, 77.2% of them passed.

The 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) overall pass rate is 75.1%, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced on Thursday evening.