The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly
Speaking to the Mail & Guardian at a conference on climate change, Inger Andersen says people need to demand their leaders put effective measures in place
Treaties and diplomacy are key to curbing climate turmoil
Nature-based solutions can play help solve the triple crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste
About 3.9 million people in South Africa are beneficiaries of the grant, which is currently at R2 080 per person a month
On Tuesday, motorists were robbed at gunpoint at the Crown Interchange during peak Johannesburg traffic
The service provider, LNG, has been ordered to pay back the profit earned from the R113.2 million contract
The civil rights organisation says students have been asking it to intervene and warned if the crisis was not resolved fast, they would have no option but to protest
The student aid scheme has in the past received qualified audit opinions, but most recently received an adverse opinion because of shambolic internal controls
The report says the treatment of people has largely improved but delays as well as missing court dockets and files remain a problem