The DA has called on basic education minister Angie Motshekga to scrap the rotational schooling system and do away with the 1m social distancing rule.

An acting principal who shared a kickback on a textbook order with a school governor has failed to overturn his dismissal by the Free State education department.

Eight-year jail sentences for theft and vandalism at an electricity sub-station will send a strong warning to other cable thieves, City Power in Johannesburg said on Saturday.

Fourteen people died in two mass shootings in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday, which police said were believed to be related to drugs.

The man accused of setting fire to parliament will make a bail application on Saturday in front of Western Cape judge president John Hlophe.

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The families of two 16-year-old pupils from Lesiba Secondary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, have shed new light on Thursday's tragic incident in which one of the boys  shot his best friend before turning the gun on himself.

The total number of recorded Covid-19 related fatalities in SA climbed to 93,117 with an additional 128 deaths reported on Friday.

Higher education minister Blade Nzimande has proposed that SA’s 26 universities increase tuition fees for this year by 4.3% and student accommodation by 6.3%.

The SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has expressed surprise at the department of basic education’s last-minute decision - without consultation - to scrap the publication of matric results in the media.

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Friday extended SA's national state of disaster by another month.

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) has reiterated its stance on solitary confinement in SA prisons, calling it a violation of human rights.

An association of school governing bodies has complained to the SA Human Rights Commission about the Eastern Cape education department’s failure to supply stationery and textbooks in time for the reopening of schools next Wednesday.

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A total of 186 KwaZulu-Natal schools have been affected by recent storms, with the province in a race against time to ensure they are functional when they reopen on Wednesday.

Unvaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus may be less prone to severe illness and requiring hospital care or dying than was the case with previous variants, a SA study shows.

The government’s vaccination programme suffered during the festive season. Many were focused on leisure and spending time with loved ones rather than getting the Covid-19 jab.

Health minister Joe Phaahla says Covid-19 vaccination numbers remain low and the department did not see the expected uptake over the festive season.

Six inmates escaped after an armed gang ambushed the police truck they were travelling in en route to court, Gauteng police said on Friday.

A Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine booster shot is 85% effective in protecting against being hospitalised by the Omicron variant for 1-2 months after it is received, the head of the SA Medical Research Council said on Friday.

Mandatory DNA samples will now be taken from offenders guilty of serious crimes, a move hailed as a “big step” towards solving and preventing crime, especially sexual offences.

A former security guard who had been on the run after allegedly stealing R4m in 2019 was arrested last week after the Gauteng task team for serious and violent crime received a tip-off that she was hiding in Zola, Soweto.

Health minister Joe Phaahla says Gauteng has exited the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections.

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Health minister Joe Phaahla and deputy health minister Sibongiseni Dhlomo have convened a virtual media briefing on the government’s efforts in the fight against Covid-19.

North Korea apparently tested a missile on Friday, which would make it the third test in two weeks, just hours after criticising a US push for new sanctions over the previous launches as a “provocation” and warning of a strong reaction.