6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (908+ words) Broken toilets at the Zwelitsha Magistrate’s Court in Qonce have forced female court officials to share a restroom with their male counterparts, which they say places them at risk of sexual harassment. Most of the toilets in the sizeable and…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (737+ words) For three young people attending the Automotive Expo in KuGompo City, the event was about far more than seeing the latest developments in the motor industry. It offered them a chance to explore careers, learn about study options and consider…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (433+ words) In its efforts to boost township and rural economies, Buffalo City metro is encouraging local entrepreneurs to venture into retail spaces, including through a programme providing containers for residents to establish spaza shops. The municipal support for the qualifying small…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (800+ words) The Buffalo City Metro has been ordered to pay Transnet more than R12.5m after defaulting on an acknowledged debt, prompting the parastatal to take the cash-strapped metro to court over unpaid rent for the Orient Theatre Complex in KuGompo City. The…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (683+ words) The family of a KuGompo City businesswoman believed to have been swept away in the Nepal flash floods remains haunted by sleepless nights and uncertainty over her fate. Bavika Ramjee was one of the South Africans who were reported to…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1097+ words) As the family of slain political activist Steve Biko sought to have retired judge Isaac Madondo’s refusal to postpone the inquest set aside, testimony continued in a separate courtroom on Tuesday. The Biko family had launched an urgent application in…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (942+ words) There is something deeply uncomfortable about a policy that can look at a household struggling to make ends meet, discover that the property owner is a director or owner of a business, and potentially conclude that the household should not…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (300+ words) Digitalisation is the defining structural shift in contemporary tertiary education. It is serving as a powerful game-changer for South African higher education, particularly for historically disadvantaged and remote institutions such as Walter Sisulu University. For such South African universities, it…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (519+ words) More than a year after devastating floods crippled the Ntsonyini-Ngqongweni Water Treatment Works in Ngqeleni, the OR Tambo District Municipality is spending R2m to restore the plant and protect it from future flooding. The plant, which serves about 1,040 households in the…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (272+ words) The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) has officially opened applications for its newly launched Prototype Development Programme, a strategic initiative aimed at turning raw concepts into market-ready products. Managed through the ELIDZ Science and Technology Park (STP), the scheme…...