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Suspected dagga, nyaope and abortion pills were among the prohibited substances uncovered during school safety searches across Gauteng on Wednesday, as Education MEC Lebogang Maile intensified a province-wide crackdown aimed at keeping drugs and other illegal items out of schools.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered a string of irregularities involving millions of rands meant to fund training and skills development, including money paid for training that never happened, duplicate invoices and funds transferred between companies linked to project directors.

SIU Acting Eastern Cape Provincial Head Mike Koya told the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education that the university council had characterised the institution as a “crime scene”, while the investigation remained a “moving target”, with disciplinary referrals increasing from 29 to 33.

Two University of Cape Town (UCT) student entrepreneurs, Sonwabise Gcolotela and Kamogelo Mokale, are heading to the national final of the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Absa Entrepreneurship InnoVarsity 2026 competition after impressing judges during the Western Cape regional round.

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka has told the province’s Class of 2026 to make every remaining day count, warning that success in the matric exams will not come from a last-minute rush but from consistent preparation.

A works inspector has been dispatched to Reiger Park Secondary School in Boksburg to assess concerns over inadequate ablution facilities and access to drinking water, as pressure mounts over the conditions faced by more than 2,000 learners.

Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has officially handed over fully equipped cellphone repair containers to 25 entrepreneurs in Sebokeng, as part of a R19 million programme aimed at turning technical skills into sustainable businesses and employment opportunities.

Navalsig High School are the new Free State Kay Motsepe Schools Football U19 provincial champions after defeating Ntsu Secondary in a thrilling provincial final at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Learners currently enrolled in a National Skills Fund-funded aviation training programme are being required to temporarily return home after Flyfofa Aviation Training suspended training amid unresolved contractual and funding matters.

More than 70,000 Western Cape matriculants are preparing to begin their trial examinations on Wednesday, as they enter the final stretch of preparation for the 2026 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.