Jeanette Chabalala

South Africa

Senior Journalist at Sowetan

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Articles

No NSFAS payment, no food for students

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala

NSFAS beneficiaries at Flavius Mareka TVET College in Sasolburg who have not received funding say they are struggling to buy food. Charles Madira, a second year mechanical engineering student, has stopped going to lectures and instead hunts for piece jobs like gardening to feed himself. Madira is one of a group of more than 1,000 students in the Free State who have not been receiving their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowances since the beginning of the year.
The Quick Interview | Quest to raise indigenous languages status in learning

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala

The Pan SA Language Board (PanSALB) says that though proficiency in English is important because it is the main language used in global communication, South Africans need to take pride in their indigenous languages and help to protect and promote them. PanSALB CEO Lance Schultz speaks to Sowetan about why Africans should recognise the value of indigenous languages in academic and professional spheres. Sowetan: Are we getting enough indigenous language books in our schools?
'We are sick from living with pools of raw sewage'

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala |Antonio Muchave

Foul-smelling raw sewage floods a street in Evaton, Emfuleni, posing a serious health risk to residents "We need help. We can’t keep living like this." The desperate plea echoes through the stench-filled streets of Palm Springs, a residential area in the Vaal where 65-year-old Fikile and her neighbours are trapped in unbearable living conditions that pose serious health risks.
Residents want out of city's hijacked buildings

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala |Antonio Muchave

Casa Mia , a dilapitade bulding in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. "We want to know when they will be coming to move us to proper homes." These are the words of one of the occupiers of a hijacked building in Joburg as the city announced it had initiated a comprehensive inner-city revitalisation project aimed at transforming derelict and unsafe buildings into secure, functional spaces for businesses and families.
We hired security firms on long-term basis to save costs - Gauteng health department

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala |Antonio Muchave

Gauteng health and wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko. The Gauteng department of health says it had to appoint security companies on a long-term basis to save money because they were paying R59m a month to safeguard 37 hospitals and more than 300 clinics in the province. This comes after MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko revealed to the DA's Jack Bloom at the Gauteng legislature that the security cost for Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital only was R77m a year.
'Government playing Russian roulette with school children's lives'

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala

"Government is playing Russian roulette with the lives of these children. What it does is when you don't pay for the transport, they [pupils] are forced to make their own way to school."This is according to Legal Resources Centre Right to Read (R2R) campaign head Cameron McConnachie on the non-payment of scholar transport service providers in Mpumalanga, which has left children stranded and unable to get to school. "This means travelling long distances, often on unsafe roads.
Confusion over presidential working group to tackle Joburg's collapsing infrastructure and services

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala |Thulani Mbele

Despite confirmation from the presidency that the presidential Johannesburg working group has begun its work, several city officials, civil society groups, and labour unions say they have not been contacted or briefed on the process. “The working group is already busy at work,” presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told Sowetan. “It’s made up of a mix of ministers, provincial and metro officials.
New Venda-English dictionary opens up world of words

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala

Phumudzo Ramakhetha with his Venda dictionary. Growing up in the village of Gaba, just outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo, Phumudzo Ramakhetha knew the struggles of trying to communicate in English. Like many kids in his community, he went to schools where the focus in teaching the different subjects was in Venda, his mother tongue. But as he grew older, he realised that English was a huge barrier when it came to connecting with people outside his village or even accessing opportunities.
Teacher ordered to pay R38k maintenance to pupil he impregnated

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala |Esa Alexander

The first time the teacher impregnated her, he pressured her into terminating the pregnancy by ingesting rat poison. A Mpumalanga teacher, who sexually assaulted a pupil and impregnated her twice, has been ordered to pay R38,000 in maintenance for the next two years. The order was made by the Nkomazi magistrate's court on Thursday.
Officer brings justice to crime victims through his art skills

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Jeanette Chabalala

W/O Nicholas Marobane from Limpopo's facial identification section. W/O Nicholas Marobane started his journey in the SAPS as an admin clerk but a few years later he realised he could use his fine arts qualification to help find missing people and bring criminals to book. The skill of sketching is key in police's efforts to produce identikits for wanted criminals.