SOUTH Africa must urgently allocate high-demand spectrum, lest the continent's most advanced economy fell behind in the fourth industrial revolution. This is according to MTN South Africa, the mobile operator, as it announced the first 5G customer trial deployment locally, starting with a fixed wireless access site at technology company Netstar's headquarters in Midrand.

Nehawu members protest outside the Pretoria Magistrate's Court ahead of the appearance of a 34-year-old man who allegedly murdered and dumped the body of a 28-year-old woman in the DAFF building in Pretoria in December 2017. Picture: Goitsemang Tlhabye The National Educational, Health and Allied Workers is calling for the death penalty to be brought back to show that crimes against women will no longer be tolerated within South African communities.

The Unisa employee exposed as the source of scores of fake news stories with the potential to divide South Africans along racial lines will be subjected to internal investigations, the university has said. The employee is in hot water after a probe named him as the man responsible for numerous fake news websites that generated income through advertisements.

The special advisory panel tasked with making recommendations to President Cyril Ramaphosa on suitable candidates for the position of National Director of Public Prosecutions has presented Ramaphosa with the names of five candidates recommended for the position, the presidency said on Sunday. The nominees are advocates Shamila Batohi, Siyabulela Mapoma, Simphiwe Mlotshwa, Rodney de Kock, and Andrea Johnson, presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko said in a statement.

ER24 spokesperson Ineke van Huyssteen said a man and a woman had been wounded in a shooting incident on the corners of Solomon Mahlangu and Bronkhorstspruit road in Silverton, Pretoria, on Saturday afternoon. "When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 3.30pm, they found another medical service treating a man in the back of the ambulance.

More than 100 National Union of Mineworkers members on Saturday marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum protesting against Eskom's plans to retrench workers. The marchers were joined by members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa .

The Department of Basic Education is investigating allegations that a white Laudium Primary School principal prevented a black teacher from hosting the school's end-of-year awards ceremony because he was wearing "inappropriate" Swati traditional attire. Disappointed and hurt, the Grade 2 teacher, Mlandvo Dlamini, caused a stir on social media on Thursday when he publicly called the principal a racist who disrespected the Swati tradition.

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