The truth behind matric results — Easier subjects: There is concern that the increase in the matric pass rate for the class of 2021 was driven by learners taking easier subjects. – MyBroadband
Children’s fund and UCT are behind campaign attacking me — Mantashe: Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has made wild accusations that a children’s rights fund in the UK was helping to drive a negative narrative against him with the assistance of an institution at UCT and the CSIR. – MyBroadband
R130 million for trains that cannot run: Prasa signed a R130-million deal to lease locomotives for long-distance trips on its Shosholoza Meyl trains despite warnings that the railway infrastructure on which they would run was too dilapidated. – MyBroadband
South Africans with solar panels could pay 1,000% more for electricity than big power users: Nersa has a plan that will see solar users who still rely on Eskom when sunlight is sparse pay much more expensive electricity tariffs linked to the cost of generating electricity using the utility’s emergency diesel-powered units. – MyBroadband
South Africa’s matric pass rate — official vs “real” from 1995 to 2021: The matric pass rate has climbed substantially over the past 25 years, but the education department’s wangling to ensure pass numbers keep increasing has come at a cost. – MyBroadband
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