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Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga has echoed Minister Angie Motshega in applauding the Matric class of 2021 who worked hard on their studies, despite the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mhlanga says his department upholds the Protection of Personal Information Act and will also abide by the High Court’s decision to have the matric results published in newspapers and other mass media from midnight tonight. He’s been speaking at Auckland Park SABC […]

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has applauded the class of 2021. The province has achieved an 81.2% matric pass, an increase of 1.3% points from 2020. Matric results were announced on Thursday night by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Schafer has praised the results in light of COVID-19 and the multiple school closures due to the lockdown. “I am absolutely delighted with the class of 2021. I really want to congratulate […]

Western Cape Education Minister, Debbie Schafer says the province is ready for the start of the new school year. She says about 450 grade-one learners and over two-thousand grade-8 learners however still have no schools. She says they're working on the matter: " The districts are working hard to ensure their placement as soon as possible. I appeal to parents to keep their phones handy so as not to miss […]

The Department of Transport says it will appeal the recent Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act High Court ruling because the legislation establishes the national norms and standards on how to deal with road traffic infringements. Last week, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), which challenged the constitutional validity of the Aarto and the Aarto Amendment Act. Transport ministry advisor, […]

The High Court in Cape Town has ordered that alleged Parliament arsonist, Zandile Christmas Mafe, be released from Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital immediately. Judge President of the High Court, John Hlophe, says the order to refer Mafe for mental observation at the hospital was unlawful and irregular. Court proceedings below: Mafe will now be transferred to Pollsmoor Correctional Facility where he will be remanded until his bail application which is expected to […]

Education expert Mary Metcalfe says Matric Higher Certificate requires 40% in three subjects and the 30% pass mark in three or four subjects and that is the lowest category of pass. She says  that the 30% mark is barely applicable to proceed to university. She says this indicates that you have met the minimum requirements to say that you have National Senior Certificate (NSC) but you can’t apply to University or obtain […]

Concerns are once again rising over violence within the Western Cape’s taxi industry following yet another murder. Transport and Public Works MEC Daylin Mitchell MEC extended his condolences to the family of Mzoxolo Dibela, whose body was discovered in the sand dunes at Monwabisi beach in Khayelitsha yesterday afternoon. Police confirm that he was found gunshot wounds to his head and that no arrests have yet been made. "Harare police […]

LOCAL The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula indicated that he is satisfied with railway infrastructure upgrades in Western Cape as they look to salvage a dilapidated network that has been brought to its knees by criminal conduct. Mbalula conducted an oversight visit of the Cape Town Northern Line and the Western Cape Rail Management and Traffic Control Centre in Bellville on Monday, 17 January. The purpose of his visit was […]