South Africa
22.10.2018 05:36 pm
Higher education portfolio committee commends UJ’s support for Zondi
The committee said the courage Cheryl Zondi displayed on the witness stand in the Omotoso trial was, in part, due to support from the university.
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training today commended the unwavering support that the University of Johannesburg (UJ) gave one of its students, Cheryl Zondi.
Higher education portfolio committee commends UJ’s support for Zondi
The committee said the courage Cheryl Zondi displayed on the witness stand in the Omotoso trial was, in part, due to support from the university.
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Numsa members strike over alleged assault on worker at Scaw Metals in Germiston
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Stop circulating Luka video, North West police appeals
‘Those who share the shocking video are not assisting with [the] investigation, but jeopardising it,’ Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said.
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Western Cape schools to close on December 12
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Western Cape social development supports thousands of weekend fire victims
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Bathabile Dlamini wants to know what you’ve done to protect women
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IFP elective conference postponement ‘not over succession battle’
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Has retired soccer star Sibusiso Zuma joined politics?
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UPDATE: Five men wanted for M1 highway shooting
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Timol murder: Rodrigues’ trial postponed to January
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Cape Town dam levels down slightly
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WATCH: M1 north near Jan Smuts closed after shooting
Armed men targeted a black BMW vehicle and opened fire at the driver.
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Police portfolio committee expresses concern over proliferation of illegal firearms
The increasing number of illegal firearms in circulation has become highly troubling for the committee.
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Omotoso trial postponed to Thursday
The defence said that the judge wishing Zondi well in her exams led him to think he was being sympathetic towards Zondi.
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Western Cape Education MEC ‘wishes matriculants luck’
She said the much-anticipated results of the NSC exams were expected to be announced on January 6 2019.
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Stock theft was the most common crime, followed closely by the theft of infrastructure and theft of equipment.
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EFF slams Bidvest for ‘painful slave conditions’
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R100k reward offered for information on girl who has been missing for three years
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Lifeless body of elderly man found in a ditch in Ladysmith
The cause of death is still unknown.
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Man involved in alleged racist attack to hear his fate
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Ajay Gupta dismisses accusations made at state capture inquiry
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Vrede Dairy beneficiary dies under ‘suspicious’ circumstances
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WATCH: Chaos unfolds as CUT students shut down campus
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Labour department initiative employs people living with disability
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