Many South Africans were outraged by the recent announcement that for 2016, pupils in grades 7 to 9 could progress to the next grade with only 20% in mathematics. The usual minimum has been 40%, provided all other requirements for promotion
On one end of the phone, there was Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, who has pledged a good chunk of his fortune to ending climate change. On the other end of the line, there was President-elect Donald Trump, who has described
The only place left for former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is jail, said Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane after the party won its application to have his appointment as group executive of corporate affairs
A new court-ordered disciplinary committee needs to clear Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s name and a public protector’s report needs to be overturned on review for him to lawfully work at the SABC. The new disciplinary committee will be chaired by
Opportunity Network, the digital matchmaking platform for CEOs, has begun talks with domestic banks with the aim of launching in South Africa in the second half of 2017. The fast-growing platform was founded by Italian
One of the most striking things about The Last Guardian – finally released after nine years in development hell – is how little it has changed since we saw the first trailer for the game in 2009. Most games that spend so long in gestation
Hlaudi Motsoeneng is not entitled to hold any executive position at the SABC, the Western Cape high court said on Monday. The court found the decision by the SABC to appoint the former
The SABC has finally handed over requested documents to parliament’s ad hoc committee which is holding an inquiry on the fitness of the broadcaster’s board. Chairman of the committee, Vincent Smith, told MPs on Monday that more
Bill Gates and more than a dozen of the world’s wealthiest individuals revealed a new, US$1bn investment fund late on Sunday to foster major advances in clean energy production. Dubbed Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the 20-year fund
Save South Africa says it is “shocking news” that Atul Gupta is in seventh position on the Sunday Times’ Rich List. “For one man to have acquired so much wealth, so fast, is in itself very disturbing,” Save South Africa