Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has intervened at the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), meeting the institution’s council and management amid renewed governance and leadership instability following the end of its administration period.
National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) acting CEO Waseem Carrim says the entity has entered a “new era of stability, governance reform and operational rebuilding” after years of turbulence, delays and governance failures that shook confidence across the higher education sector.
The principal of Samit Christian Academy, an independent school in Kempton Park, Gauteng, was killed in what police confirmed as a house robbery in the early hours of Sunday in Maokeng Extension, Tembisa.
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the Information Regulator’s urgent bid to halt the release of the 2025 matric results, striking the application from the roll with costs in a judgment delivered on Friday.
The Department of Basic Education has launched an investigation into a breach that gave about 26 pupils prior access to 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam papers.
In a major boost to education in Hammanskraal, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has unveiled Ratanang Primary School in Kanana, a state-of-the-art institution that promises to revolutionise learning for township children.