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Gauteng premier David Makhura and his executive council will present the e-toll review panel’s final report to the media on Thursday, his office said. The council would present the final report

A R17bn project to introduce tablets to government schools in Gauteng will ultimately boost the country’s economy, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday. “One of the factors constraining economic growth in South Africa is the relative shortage of e-skills

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier David Makhura unveiled the first “classroom of the future” in a step towards paperless education at a school in Tembisa, Johannesburg on Wednesday. “I’ve already made an application, I want to join you in this class

Grade nine pupils in a school in Tembisa, Johannesburg listen attentively to their teacher as she asks them to work out an equation in a financial literacy class. But instead of scribbling the answers down in a notebook, the pupils each work out the

Backups are in place for a paperless learning system which is expected to be introduced in seven Gauteng township schools on Wednesday, Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said. Each pupil would receive a tablet loaded with lesson plans, he told

Communications minister Faith Muthambi has denied that she is considering suspending some members of the SABC board. This is after Democratic Alliance MP Gavin Davis said in a statement on Tuesday that the party understood “from several sources” that Muthambi

Eskom hopes the need for rolling blackouts will not arise on Monday as most businesses resume operations after the festive season. “The power system is currently constrained but stable,” the power utility’s spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said just after 10am. “At this stage, Eskom is able to

Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene says Eskom must sort out its problems because they are hurting the economy, according to Monday’s Business Report. Nene told the publication government was not able to help Eskom with day-to-day and operational issues

Post-matric students should consider alternatives other than university, higher education minister Blade Nzimande said on Monday. “The future of our youth does not only lie in going to university, or in going

Matriculants found to have cheated could be banned from writing matric for the next three years, the education department said in Durban on Monday. In addition, officials found to be complicit