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In a scramble for damage control after shocking allegations of abuse at one of its residences, Stellenbosch University yesterday said it would not tolerate any “humiliation” of its first-year students.

In a scramble for damage control after shocking allegations of abuse at one of its residences, Stellenbosch University yesterday said it would not tolerate any “humiliation” of its first-year students.

The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Eastern Cape and education minister Angie Motshekga could be heading for a collision over the mooted centralisation of the national school nutrition programme budget, which it says is likely to be reintroduced in the province in 2024.

An ANC MPL wants the Buffalo City Metro to consider making available land for a heroes acre because graves of the party’s stalwarts and freedom fighters are being vandalised at the Cambridge Cemetery. Xolani Malamlela tabled his motion in the provincial legislature last week. Malamlela lamented the rate of vandalism of the tombstones at the Cambridge Cemetery.

Affidavits in a Pretoria court case say Refilwe Mogale was involved in an attempt to secure a R500k payment from a guest lodge owner

If the provincial ANC’s “wish list” of possible nominations for MPs and MPLs is anything to go by, former Buffalo City Metro mayor Xola Pakati, as well as his former deputy, are likely to be off to parliament after the 2024 general elections — with more provincial big guns likely to secure top jobs.

Long-standing ANC member Christian Martin has been appointed as a strategic adviser in the office of the mayor in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Transport and community safety MEC Xolile Nqatha has become embroiled in an online spat with one of his ANC colleagues in the legislature over the University of Fort Hare’s qualifications probe.

The Eastern Cape education department has been heavily criticised by the provincial legislature for irregular and unauthorised expenditure since 2015, totaling R2.4 bn and flagged by the Auditor-General.

While premier Oscar Mabuyane believes his new team of MECs “ticks the right boxes in terms of the requisite leadership skills”, opposition parties are unimpressed.