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SA's youth and university students are critical of former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy mainly due to the government's failure to improve their lives.

Richards Bay remain top of the GladAfrica Championship standings despite dropping points in the weekend's action.

A masters student from Blue Downs has just finished making a short film.

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 1-2 University of Pretoria University of Pretoria got back to winni...

Controversy over language policy practice shrouded Stellenbosch University residence halls as the 2021 university year began. The new year will test whether the revised policy 2021, approved in early December, will open the door for a different picture of multilingualism. Controversy over langu...

News Author: Corporate Communication and Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie en Bemarking Published: 09/04/2021 Stellenbosch University (SU) today (9 April 2021) received a memorandum from the DAK Netwerk. The memorandum relates to the Universitys revision of the 2016 Language Policy and specifically the position of Afrikaans that is of concern to the organisation.   Dr Leslie van Rooi, Senior Director: Social Impact and Transformation, accepted the memorandum on behalf of the University. T...

2020 was rough, there’s no denying it. And with the beginnings of 2021 faring only vaguely (if at all) better, it’s increasingly difficult to come to terms with this pivotal moment in time.  One of the industries that continues to feel the brunt of the Covid-19 effects is, of course, the performance arts, whose livelihood depends largely on crowds of people coming to watch performers do their thing.  On the weekend of 19-21 February, South African theatre-makers and dancers, gathering in ...

28 Desember 2020 06:06 The scene of the accident in Sir Lowry’s Pass Village, which claimed the life of a young father. Photo: Sir Lowry’s Pass Community/Facebook HELDERBERG – Police have opened a case of culpable homicide following the death of a 25-year-old from Mount Pleasant, Hermanus, in an accident in Sir Lowry’s Pass last Tuesday evening (15 December). When paramedics arrived on the scene they found the driver had fled and a passeng...