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South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has urged Commonwealth countries in Africa to work together to tackle corruption.

She warned that corruption has become global, sophisticated, and deeply damaging to states.

Speaking at the opening of the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa on Monday, Kubayi stressed the need for strong, modern, and collaborative approaches to fighting corruption.

“This conference sends a strong message that corruption will not be tolerated,” KubayiREAD MORE

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) together with Russian colleagues have made a breakthrough in the treatment of glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. They have developed an innovative technology for delivering drugs directly to the tumour through the olfactory system. This is reported by the official website of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The essence of the method is as follows: nanoparticles with a drugREAD MORE

Limpopo Department of Education’s plans to merge and shut down small and unviable schools in the Vhembe district is met with resistance from the parents in Mulamula village, under Collins Chabane Local Municipality.

The provincial education department is set to close various small schools in rural areas in Vhembe, such as Photani and Johannes Rhamavhoya secondaries, Mzamani Thomas primary school under Mulamula and merge them with nearby schools, because of dwindling pupil enrolment.

The parents are accusing the department ofREAD MORE

Workers at Daybreak Farm took to the streets on Friday, blocking the R50 road outside the company’s Clayville premises, demanding their overdue salaries amid allegations of severe animal neglect and crisis management failures.

The protest was sparked by non-payment of wages that were due on April 25, with many workers still left empty-handed nearly two weeks later.

Daybreak, whose sole shareholder is the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), has allegedly closed its doors, offering no explanation or timeline for payment.

“WeREAD MORE

Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi appears to be not overly concerned about the team’s poor run this season, to a point where he’s reacted angrily to suggestions the team is struggling under his leadership.

The Tunisian was speaking at the press conference after their Soweto Derby 2-1 defeat to Orlando Pirates at the FNB Stadium on Saturday.

Nabi has insisted that he trusts in the process and that no one should “provoke” him.

“Don’t provoke me because I’m not aREAD MORE

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) led Newcastle Local Municipality in north-western KwaZulu-Natal says it is working on fixing its pothole-riddled roads and streets.

This follows a public campaign by the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party and Team Sugar South Africa (TSSA) last week to mobilize their members to fix the potholes mainly in the densely populated Madadeni township, thus shaming the municipality’s leadership.

The party is also under fire for failing to keep the town clean and for failing to fixREAD MORE

The “School of Russian Theatre”, a joint project of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and Rossotrudnichestvo, held for the first time in Africa, has ended in Cairo. For four days leading teachers of the university taught Egyptian students acting, directing and theatre make-up, as reported by the website of GITIS, a partner of TV BRICS.

It is noted that at the meeting of the GITIS Vice-Rector for Education Daria Drugachenko withREAD MORE

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party in the Mpumalanga provincial legislature has shot down an announcement by Premier Mandla Ndlovu that his government will launch an investigation into the scandal where the provincial Department of Education bought 22 laptops for R2 million.

The party’s member of the provincial legislature in Mbombela, Benon Nxumayo, says the government cannot investigate itself, hence they want an independent firm to carry out the probe following a public outcry over the clearly inflated purchase.

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The Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University has taken leading positions in one of the international rankings of the best universities in Egypt and Africa, as reported by Sada El-Balad, a partner of TV BRICS.

The faculty topped national and continental rankings in more than ten medical fields, including pharmacology, public health, dermatology, gastroenterology, anaesthesiology, surgery, ophthalmology, and nuclear medicine.

In a number of disciplines, the university was ranked among the top 100–150READ MORE

Re-elected Vhembe ANC regional chairperson Tshitekere Matibe says he and his new top five officials are elated after ascending to power unopposed.

Speaking to African Times hours after securing a fourth term at the elective conference currently taking place at the Kalahari Water Front in Thohoyandou, Matibe said his challenger, Simon Mavikane, dropped out of the race on the eve of the conference possibly because he realised he had no support. 

The Limpopo Economic Development and Tourism MEC says heREAD MORE