The Labour Court in Cape Town has set aside a CCMA award that had found the dismissal of a former NSFAS accountant substantively unfair, ordering that the dispute be reheard by a different commissioner. The accountant was dismissed after sending private work-related emails to her personal Gmail account and is challenging the decision. The case will now return to arbitration, with the outcome of her dismissal still to be determined.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed constitutional challenges brought by Equal Education and the South African Democratic Teachers' Union against Western Cape laws governing collaboration schools. The contested provisions covered donor-funded public schools and the provincial school evaluation authority. According to the report, the court's ruling upholds the provincial framework, which allows private donors and partners to support the running of certain public schools in the province. The decision ends the legal bid by the education lobby groups and union to have the laws struck down.

The court has dismissed Oscar Mabuyane's defamation case against Julius Malema. Mabuyane asserts that he has never claimed to possess a master's degree, which was central to the defamation allegations.

Executives at the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa) have resigned following a forensic investigation that uncovered prima facie evidence of financial misconduct related to a R50 million digital training programme. The Communications Minister has initiated a crackdown in response to the findings of the probe, which has raised concerns about the management of funds within the organization.

Students at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in Kenya have demanded a public apology from a lecturer at Tom Mboya University over remarks they described as disparaging toward their institution. According to Tuko, the comments questioned MMUST's global recognition and academic standards, prompting the backlash from the student body. The dispute highlights tensions between the two Kenyan universities, with the students insisting the lecturer retract the statements and issue a formal apology.

Former Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar-Wheatley has been fined KSh 24.3 million and handed a 20-year ban over alleged share price manipulation, according to Tuko. The sanction has sparked widespread reaction and outrage on social media, with many users debating the severity of the penalty and the circumstances surrounding the case.