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Matric results publication upheld as court dismisses appeal bid
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (162+ words) The Gauteng High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Information Regulator's application for leave to appeal a ruling allowing matric results to be published in newspapers and online using examination numbers only. In a judgment delivered by Judge Omphemetse Mooki, with…...
Opinion | Education in prison
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (794+ words) The public response to my recent research on education among the incarcerated youth has been both powerful and deeply informative. While many people acknowledged the importance of rehabilitation and second chances, others raised a difficult but necessary question: Why should…...
Mayor urges skills drive to tackle jobs crisis
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (379+ words) u Mgungundlovu District Municipality Mayor Mzi Zuma has called for an urgent and coordinated effort to equip young people with skills that match the needs of the labour market, warning that the country's worsening unemployment crisis is robbing many of…...
Opinion | Challenges of special needs teachers
2+ week, 3+ day ago (955+ words) Does the world ever find a moment in its frenetic pace to actually recognise that in its midst, is a sizeable percentage of the population living with disabilities in both physical and mental health categories? Of particular interest are pupils…...
UKZN Ph D graduate uncovers medicinal promise in invasive plant species
2+ week, 4+ day ago (279+ words) Dr Myuri Parusnath has earned a Ph D in Biology from the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal for her research into the medicinal potential of plant-based bioactive compounds. Her study focused on Solanum mauritianum, commonly known as bugweed, an invasive species…...
UKZN's youngest graduate earns geology degree at 20
2+ week, 4+ day ago (302+ words) At just 20 years old, Nqobile Khoza has become the youngest graduate at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal for 2026 after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Sciences. Khoza described the achievement as both exciting and humbling, saying it has…...
Former Miss DUT achieves Ph D in autumn graduation ceremony
2+ week, 5+ day ago (604+ words) Former Miss DUT, Dr Lungile Ngcobo, has traded the pageant stage for academic success after earning her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D) in Business and Information Management at the Durban University of Technology's (DUT) Autumn Graduation ceremony in Pietermaritzburg. Ngcobo graduated…...
Triumph over adversity marks KZN graduation season
2+ week, 5+ day ago (708+ words) Stories of resilience, perseverance and extraordinary achievement have echoed across graduation stages across the country this month, as graduates from vastly different backgrounds and circumstances proved that determination can triumph over age, disability, hardship and adversity. From a 76-year-old grandmother…...
Shock as R1. 4m school ICT lab looted days after launch in KZN
3+ week, 1+ day ago (396+ words) A R1. 4 million state-of-the-art ICT lab at Asibemunye High School in Mpophomeni, KZN Midlands, has been stripped bare just days after its official launch, in a brazen overnight theft that has left pupils, teachers and the wider community in shock. The…...
Grieving daughter earns top honours in accounting at UKZN
3+ week, 1+ day ago (522+ words) Just weeks after losing her mother to dementia, Thameenah Abrahams walked across the graduation stage at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal (UKZN) with a Master of Commerce in Accounting degree. Behind the academic achievement lies a deeply personal story of…...