In the news today, the Gauteng High Court has dismissed the Information Regulator’s bid to halt the publication of the 2025 matric results. Meanwhile, one person has died after a temple under construction collapsed in Redcliffe, KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, EFF leader Julius Malema has applauded President Cyril Ramaphosa for his response to US President Donald Trump’s hostility towards South Africa.
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The Gauteng High Court has dismissed the Information Regulator’s bid to halt the publication of the 2025 matric results, upholding an appeal by the Department of Basic Education. The crushing judgment in the matter was handed down on Friday. The court dismissed the regulator’s arguments as “fanciful” and likened its stance to “a poorly constructed thought experiment”.
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The judgment is the latest in an ongoing battle over whether the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results could be published in newspapers using pupils’ examination numbers. One person has died after a temple under construction collapsed in Redcliffe, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), with several others still trapped beneath the rubble. The four-storey building collapsed on Friday, with trapped survivors sending voice notes from under the temple.
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