# The Gauteng government has secured 27-million-rand in funding to revive premier Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani programme. This brings a glimmer of hope to teacher assistants, whose contracts were not renewed in July last due to a lack of funding. This sparked protests. Gauteng Youth Brigade lead protest organiser, Sihle Msizi, says he hopes that preference […]
# Iconic South African singer, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, recently collaborated with Shoprite Sixty60 to deliver essential food items to elderly residents in Soweto. This was to commemorate her 60th birthday. The bags, packed with essential food items, were a heartfelt gift for elderly residents who have been an integral part of Soweto’s history. Chaka Chaka […]
# Kenya has joined the over 60 countries that support a carbon levy on the shipping industry, which will fund climate adaptation and mitigation for vulnerable nations. Governments are nearing an agreement on a carbon levy on shipping emissions, with a decision slated for next month. Shipping accounts for three-percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. […]
# Over 300 disadvantaged learners from schools across Kimberley in the Northern Cape have received a donation of school shoes from a local non-profit organisation. Humanitarian group, Samaritan Feet SA partnered with SMP Game Changers to provide essential footwear to children in need. Samaritan Feet SA’s, Jeanne Marie Minnie, told the SABC that the donation is part […]
# Researchers from Stellenbosch University and China have successfully tested an ultra-secure quantum satellite communication link. They sent an image of the Great Wall of China 12-thousand-900 kilometres from Beijing to Stellenbosch. This groundbreaking achievement marks the longest quantum satellite link ever established, and the first in the southern hemisphere. The project aims to develop […]
# American teenager, James Bloom, recently won the youth category at the 2025 World Literacy Foundation Awards for his work in improving literacy in South Africa. The awards are an initiative of the World Literacy Foundation and recognise individuals or organisations for their outstanding endeavours that promote literacy learning. Bloom and his brother founded Libraries […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni will be holding public participation meetings this week over its plans to partner with independent power producers, in a bid to address electricity generation needs. The metro is planning to appoint multiple IPPs for various electricity generation technologies to a capacity of one-thousand-500-megawatts. The appointed IPPs will be awarded 20-year […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says instead of acting as secure rehabilitation centres, prisons in the province have effectively become command centres for gang violence and extortion. The Inspecting Judge of Prisons, Judge Edwin Cameron, recently questioned whether the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services does enough to change the conditions in correctional facilities. […]
# Community group Jozi My Jozi says it is eager to join the presidential working group to help revitalise Johannesburg. This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced the formation of the group to help improve service delivery in the metro. Speaking at a solutions session at Constitution Hill, Jozi My Jozi’s, Innocent Mabusela, highlighted […]
