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More than 87,000 NSFAS-funded university students are at risk of not being funded next year following projected budget cuts from the National Treasury. NSFAS told Parliament on Wednesday that this number could rise to 121,000 students by 2025.

The newly crowned Miss World South Africa is wearing a replacement crown after her original one broke during celebrations. Claudia Mashego, 24, a medical doctor from Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, was crowned as the very first Miss World South Africa after the Miss South Africa Organisation lost its license.

A financial advisor at Momentum Group Limited was arrested in East London on Wednesday on allegations of fraud amounting to R4.7 million. Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela says Shaun Dorning, 49, appeared in court on the same day and was released on bail of R10 000.

The tall, ever-smiling, and resilient netball defender Jeanie Steyn, is set to step into big boots at the Madibaz netball club. Steyn, a former Nelson Mandela University player, current Fast Five National player, and two-time captain hopes to pick up where the legendary Lana Krige left off as head coach of the university's first netball team.

Rape and human trafficking accused Pastor Timothy Omotoso will spend another Christmas in jail.

A Grade 9 learner from Hoërskool Ben Voster in Tzaneen has been ousted on social media for his racist utterings by using the "k" word. The learner, whose identity cannot be revealed due to the fact that he is a minor, was trending on Wednesday morning with members of the EFF paying a visit to his school.

BCM to honour the memory of slain local boxer Leighandre "Baby Lee" Jegels by naming the R87 million rand beachfront Court Crescent precinct after her.

Eight suspects arrested for allegedly raping three female security officers and stealing government equipment valued at over R280 000.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has successfully convicted the first person said to be responsible for inciting the July 2021 riots in KwaZulu Natal. Mdumiseni Zuma, 36, was sentenced to an effective 12 years in prison by the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday.