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latest news & developments‘Unless SA gets smarter, we will get poorer’
Bold intervention was needed to increase the number of PhD graduates in SA, said a study released on Monday by the Academy of Science of South Africa.
Minister announces new plan to reduce road accidents
Traffic officials plan to stop and search one million motorists a month in a bid to reduce road deaths, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says.
Vigilantism not the answer, say cops
Communities plagued by crime, often violent, claim desperation as the reason for their acts of vigilantism, an expert says.
Education ‘a priority’ in solving SA’s ills
Education will solve poverty, unemployment and growing inequalities in South Africa, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
Cosatu unions to go on strike
Public service unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions on Wednesday resolved to go on strike over wages.
Unions accept Eskom offer ‘in principle’
Eskom’s three unions have "in principle" accepted the power utility’s latest wage offer, they said on Friday.
NUM mobilises members for Eskom strike
The National Union of Mineworkers on Wednesday notified Eskom of its intention to go on strike next week over wages, a union spokesperson said.