Schools will reopen on 1 June, but only for grades 7 and 12, says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. The return of other grades “will be discussed later”.
Starving residents near Marikana in North West took to the streets on Monday to protest about councillors diverting food parcels to their friends, relatives and political allies.
Bitou Mayor Peter Lobese is playing with the lives of poor child footballers. In 2017 he publicly gave the local club a R50,000 display cheque. Three years later the kids haven’t yet got a cent, while the municipality has spent plenty on itself.
