Domestic

Learners at Aeroville Senior Secondary School in Somerset East were greeted by locked gates on Tuesday morning when fed-up parents decided to shut down the school in protest against the shortage of teachers.

The investigation by the Office of the Public Protector into whether President Cyril Ramaphosa had violated the Executive Ethics Code in the Phala Phala scandal, has been completed. 

The young Vergelegen foal was born on 14 December after a 12-month gestation period. It was left undisturbed to bond with the other seven quaggas and its sex has not yet been determined.

SAFTU has joined the legal challenge to hold government and Eskom management accountable for the energy crisis the country finds itself in. Its affiliate NUMSA is already part of the process.

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, says 57-year-old Ranger, Joe Nkuna, was making a steady recovery after being severely injured by an elephant in the Kruger National Park in December.

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation and the Archbishop Tutu IP Trust say SA's joint naval exercise with Russia off Durban next month, is tantamount to a declaration that SA is joining the war against Ukraine.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) is mulling legal action against the owner of Sheba. Sheba is the tigress who was shot dead after escaping her enclosure on private property in Daleside, Gauteng.

The photograph sparked public outrage, with many people labelling the incident as racist. Members of the public and other concerned groups gathered within the vicinity of the school to protest against what they perceived to be racial segregation.

The matric pass rate for the class of 2022 has shown an increase from the previous year.