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The Gauteng DOE has ticked all the boxes in terms of security for its schools. Yet,there has been a seeming increase in incidents at schools. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

The art of flouting security

The Gauteng DOE has ticked all the boxes in terms of security for its schools. Yet,there has been a seeming increase in incidents at schools

Youngsters huddle together in a group hug at Nkosi’s Haven following their morning warm-up. (Gemma Ritchie)

Learning to find peace on the stage

artInsideOut launched an intensive three-week theatre course aimed at helping children use creativity to handle setbacks.

A rescued Lesser Flamingo chick peers out of a box after being moved from a dam in the Northern Cape Province to the SANCCOB rehabilitation centre in Cape Town, South Africa. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Who’s to blame for dying flamingos?

Drought or poor infrastructure — What is the cause of all the flamingo drama in the Northern Cape?

Maria Ramos (Olivier Douliery/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

What’s next for Maria Ramos?

After leading Absa for a decade, Ramos is retiring from her post as chief executive at the end of February

Cinda Eatock is the founder of the not-for-profit Dansazania. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Slice of life: Tapsula and the superhero

‘It gave us a great vehicle to discover the conversation that can be had historically and today between tap and pantsula dance’

Kodwa: “We are avoiding doing a running commentary on every witness that appears. In many instances, you can find one testimony contradicts another.” (Gallo Images)

ANC stands by comrades implicated at Zondo commission

The party will wait for the findings of the Zondo commission before it takes action

(Gemma Ritchie/M&G)

Motshekga: We look to 2018 matriculants to solve problems

The pupils have been tasked to work towards the fourth industrial revolution

Quality assurer Umalusi said it found no discrepancies during its evaluation of the 2024 NSC examinations

IEB matric results: 98.9% pass rate

More matric learners are writing and passing the IEB exams

Denel’s turnaround is expected to arrest the current decline in the company’s performance and restore the company’s position as a strategic national asset and industry leader.

Embattled Denel gets new CEO

Daniel Du Toit is expected to build on the turnaround strategy that was introduced at Denel earlier this year

In June 2015, Molefe wrote to Optimum stating that Eskom had terminated the settlement process. (Samantha Reinders)

SIU wants Eskom-Tegeta R3.7bn coal contract cancelled

The ten-year contract is expected to end in 2025

In a statement released on Saturday, Fransman said he would be engaging his lawyers “to better understand the decision of the director of public prosecutions in Kimberley.” (Gallo)

NPA to prosecute Marius Fransman over sexual harassment allegations

Marius Fransman is accused of sexually harassing his personal assistant during a work trip in 2016

‘Universities must enjoy academic freedom and institutional autonomy, allow for freedom of inquiry and be transparent, accountable and ethical in their practices in all respects,’ Prof Tawana Kupe

Tuks appoints Kupe as new VC

The University of Pretoria council says Professor Tawana Kupe brings ‘considerable experience’ to the position

The competition tribunal hearings were contested by Lonmin’s largest trade union, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union over the possibility of job losses. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Sibanye-Lonmin deal one step closer, moratorium on job cuts

The South African Competition Tribunal approved Sibanye’s acquisition of Lonmin subject to agreed conditions between the two companies

In his report, AG Kimi Makwetu noted that unauthorised expenditure by provincial and national governments increased to to R2.1-billion. (Lisa Hnatowicz/Beeld/Gallo Images)

Pattern of wasteful expenditure as audit regression increases

The Auditor General says over the last four years, more audit outcomes have regressed than improved

In South Africa, the unanimous ConCourt ruling found section 12(1)(a) of the Regulation of Gatherings Act unconstitutional. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ConCourt judgment a step forward for activists, but Joburg still has ‘protest fees’

The White House is considering an ‘event management cost’ which is not that different from Joburg’s ‘planning costs’ for protests