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With Andre de Ruyter leaving the embattled power utility the hunt is on to find the 13th head of Eskom in as many years. Eskom on Wednesday confirmed De Ruyter’s departure, adding that he had agreed to stay for an additional period beyond the stipulated “30 days notice to ensure continuity while we urgently embark …
Cases of sexual misconduct by teachers in schools is on the rise and has cost the department of basic education more than R10 million through the precautionary suspension of educators. Police Minister Bheki Cele said in the latest quarterly report on crime that in just three months, 83 rapes had occurred at schools and tertiary …
This page contains IsiZulu Home Language CAPS Document for FET Phase Grade 10 – 12 (Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12). This is the most important information for Teachers and Learners, that guides the progress of the IsiZulu Home Language subject curriculum for the FET Phase as per the South African Department of Education …
Retail sales contracted 0.6% year-on-year in October, with the hardware, paint and glass, pharmaceuticals and medical goods and cosmetics and toiletries being the biggest drag on growth, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday. Hardware, paint and glass recorded a 16th consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline, decreasing by 4.8% in October, said Raquel Floris, the deputy …
The University of Cape Town (UCT) council has received a new complaint against embattled vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng from suspended executive director for communication and marketing Gerda Kruger. Kruger has asked the council for help in a “desperate attempt to seek an internal resolution to an egregious failure of the university leadership to adhere to …
The ANC elective conference has created an economic hub at Nasrec and the standout stall is a coffee shop called Huis Van Cofifi completely manned by students in school uniform, as the baristas. The students have been taught to brew premium coffee delights such as Sowetocana (a play on Americano), Sowetoccino (modelled on the cappuccino), …
“Finding the Higgs boson at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was all about the power of long-term research and collaboration in large science projects between large numbers of top physicists from many countries,” says Peter Jenni. He’s an experimental physicist at Cern (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland and the University of Freiburg …
From Wednesday, the price of both 93 and 95-grade unleaded petrol will rise by 59c a litre while the wholesale cost of diesel will fall by R1.52 to R1.57 a litre. The department of mineral resources and energy said in a statement on Tuesday that petrol prices had increased because of higher demand by motorists …
There has been a more than 30% increase in debt counselling inquiries compared to the same period a year ago, indicating the financial stress consumers are experiencing. This is according to DebtBusters’ Q3 2022 Debt Index. More than 1 400 debt review companies in South Africa are registered with the National Credit Regulator. Petrol prices hiked …
South Africa has a long-standing tradition of December being party season, and if Black Friday — when FNB clients alone spent R3 billion — is anything to go by, 2022 will be the country’s first “normal” December in two years. In December 2020 the country was on lockdown level three. There were more than one million …