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A former Musina high school teacher who ran an illegal immigration permit racket has been jailed for seven years.

NSFAS administrator Hlengani Mathebula’s newly appointed technical advisers and the entity’s consultants will earn R530 million by 2029 if its adjusted budget request for consultants is approved.

After six months of escalating tensions over governance, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and his team at National Treasury met with City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero on Tuesday, with both parties describing the meeting regarding the city’s fiscal position as “good” and “productive”.

Fine and cool weather is expected across much of the country, with morning fog patches in several provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.

Former Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa) board members are continuing with their legal battle to set aside findings of corruption made against them by the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.

Retired statistician-general Pali Lehohla says South Africa does not need a National Dialogue because extensive data that lays bare South Africa’s challenges has been collected over 30 years.

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When the impeachment committee convenes virtually on Wednesday, one of its tasks will be to elect an evidence leader, and it will have five names to choose from, including two evidence leaders from the Zondo Commission.

The Student Representative Councils of four universities are demanding that the Department of Higher Education immediately scrap the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) annual cap of R52 000 for student accommodation because it “aggressively punishes” poor students.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday halted the State’s bid to play the video footage in which a group of men brandishing AK-47s ambushed taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni.

The Office of the IDAC Oversight Judge has confirmed that it has received complaints relating to the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, advocate Andrea Johnson.

Born and raised in Umlazi, south of Durban, 25-year-old Minenhle Simelane has found an extraordinary way to transform one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges into wearable art.

The legal team representing Brett Nicholson – the former St John’s Preparatory School teacher on trial on charges of sexually abusing more than a dozen children – has described him as his pupils’ “go-to” whenever they needed support or help.

Senior Crime Intelligence officer Colonel Ismail Dawood will spend three nights in custody after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application to Friday.

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and his ex-girlfriend, Witness K, have been granted R5 000 bail each.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has put warrants for the arrests of prominent provincial taxi boss Siyabonga Thomas Getsemane and three others on ice for the time being.

Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson has invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions about why she allegedly emailed Crime Intelligence Major General Feroz Khan the contents of an assault docket against him.

Carel Schoeman, the lawyer accused of “buying” and raping a 13-year-old girl, claims he “clicked” with her on an emotional and intellectual level, leading him to believe she was an adult.

An unholy battle over Cape Town’s iconic Good Hope Centre has reached boiling point, with fresh questions being raised over the City’s handling of the controversial R135 million sale after the highest bidder challenged Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ public comments and a complaint was lodged with the Public Protector.

The murder of Gqeberha police officer, Constable Cállan Andrews, was a gang hit aimed at stealing his service pistol. And the perpetrator acted on the instruction of a higher-ranked member to make up for the loss of contraband during a robbery at a drug house on 31 December.