# Young entrepreneurs have urged G20 leaders to accelerate climate action. Over 600 delegates from all G20 countries recently participated in the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit in Gauteng. The summit emphasised tangible outcomes, including the launch of accelerator programmes, policy recommendations, investment opportunities, and a youth economic charter. The Global Young Entrepreneurs Alliance says entrepreneurship […]
# The DA has written to the Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, professor Somadoda Fikeni, calling for Higher Education and Training minister Buti Manamela’s appointment of three new Sector Education and Training Authority administrators be overturned. The appointment of Oupa Nkoane as Construction Seta administrator, Lehlogonolo Masoga as Services Seta administrator and Zukile Mvalo as Local Government […]
# An academic at the University of the Western Cape, Prof Siphamandla Zondi says colonialism distorted Africa’s self-knowledge, limiting development and perpetuating poverty. Zondi spoke at the Annual Keith Gottschalk Lecture and urged the continent to build its own multilateral institutions and overcome intellectual colonialism. He also linked Africa’s agency to BRICS and G20 collaboration, […]
# The DA will write to MEC Saki Mokoena requesting stricter oversight of Mangaung Municipality’s Southern landfill site in Bloemfontein. The party’s David van Vuuren says recent inspections revealed fires, health hazards, illegal dumping, and statutory violations. He says the municipality has approved a revitalisation plan including fencing, waste removal, and improved access. The DA […]
# Stellenbosch University’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department’s, Dr Robyn Adams, has been appointed South Africa’s ambassador to the International Papillomavirus Society. One of only 27 ambassadors globally, she will serve for two years, starting at the society’s conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Adams aims to strengthen Human Papillomavirus education, advocate for cervical cancer prevention, and foster […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to expand the Special Investigating Unit’s probe into the Department of Water and Sanitation. The investigation into allegations of serious maladministration at the department will now include the Drop the Block Project and its implementing agent, the Lepelle Northern Water in Limpopo. PSA’s Claude Naicker says […]
# FNB says the South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep the repo rate unchanged at seven-percent, is a sign of an emerging improved economy. The prime interest rate, the rate at which commercial banks lend to customers, is also unchanged at 10.50-percent. FNB’s Ester Ochse says keeping rates steady provides stability at […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has praised the province’s HealthNet Planned Patient Transport system for providing free, reliable and safe transport to health appointments for vulnerable residents. The operational budget for HealthNET includes staff costs amounting to 55-million-rand, overtime costs of 2.5-million-rand, and vehicle expenses totalling 51-million-rand. The DA’s Memory Booysen says currently, the […]
# The DA in Gauteng says premier Panyaza Lesufi is failing residents by making promises to support the police service with essential resources, but without giving any commitment to delivery. The party’s Michael Sun says a recent engagement with SAPS Johannesburg Central, it clear that traffic congestion in the inner city is making it increasingly […]
