South Africa

Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has been sworn in as Minister of that portfolio in Cape Town this afternoon.

In a move set to bolster the city’s creative economy, the eThekwini Municipality’s Economic Development Directorate has signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with key stakeholders to strengthen Durban’s film and television sector.

Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Oupa John Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the immediate release of their detained staff member in Deir al Balah, in Gaza.

The Western Cape Education MEC, David Maynier, has announced that a total of 21 700 matric learners attended the “Back on Track” programme during the winter school holidays across the eight educational districts in the province.

The classes covered a variety of subjects depending on the venue. 

Last week, Maynier visited one of the province’s winter school venues, Protea Heights Academy in Brackenfell, where learners were being tutored in mathematics and physical science. 

A bogus lawyer has been sentenced to six years of direct imprisonment after his conviction on multiple charges, including three counts of fraud, one count of theft, two counts of forgery, and two counts of uttering.

A mechanism set to support pandemic preparedness in low- and middle-income countries is set to be launched later this week.

The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has called for an intensified clampdown on illegal taverns following a shooting at a local tavern in Olievenhoutbosch.

The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed an application for a discharge brought by the accused in a high-profile State Capture corruption case linked to the rehabilitation of mines.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke, with immediate effect, pending an inquiry into his fitness to hold office.