# Telkom is celebrating Youth Day by offering South African youth vital digital skills training and 210 ICT learnerships. Through the Telkom Foundation, it has partnered with Microsoft and Netcampus to launch a free AI Fluency course for 100-thousand young people. The initiative includes expert-led webinars and the chance to gain international Microsoft certification. Telkom […]
# Young Intelligent Minds of South Africa is calling on young people to move beyond commemoration and become active in shaping national policy and legislation. Speaking in Mbombela, the organisation said the spirit of Black Consciousness has faded, and young people must reclaim their agency. YIMOSA urged youth to build businesses independently and demand meaningful […]
# Parliament has urged the inclusion of parents and student governing bodies during discussions regarding the contentious sections of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act. This follows public outcry over clauses that shift power over language and admissions from school governing bodies to provincial heads. Stakeholders argue the move threatens local autonomy and mother-tongue education. […]
# Police in Rustenburg, North West, have launched a manhunt after armed suspects shot and killed an elderly couple in the parking lot of a shopping centre over the weekend. George and Wilma Koster suffered fatal injuries in the incident, prompting police to urge witnesses to come forward with any information. Authorities warn the suspects […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have held bilateral talks ahead of the G7 Summit outreach session beginning in Alberta today. Ramaphosa, accompanied by International Relations minister Ronald Lamola, represents the only African nation invited. The talks come as Canada hosts the G7 Presidency and South Africa prepares to assume the […]
# The head of Gift of the Givers’ Search and Rescue unit, Ahmed Bham, says search and recovery efforts will intensify following the deadly floods in the Eastern Cape that claimed 88 lives, including a ten-year-old girl from Libode. So far, 83 bodies have been identified with 56 released to families, while five remain unidentified. […]
# RISE Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi has stressed the need to uphold the legacy of 16 June 1976 Soweto Uprising, honouring the youth who stood against apartheid’s education policies. RISE Mzansi spokesperson Mabine Seabe says Zibi has called for the fight against crime, corruption, hunger, and problem gambling, while building a fair economy and future-focused […]
# Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound flight crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off, killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew. Vigils have been held across India and the United Kingdom. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation […]
# Political Analyst Bheki Mngomezulu says the Government of National Unity has an identity crisis. This week marks one year since the GNU was formed after the ANC dropped to 40-percent in the 2024 elections. Mngomezulu says the coalition is slow in service delivery, with weak cohesion among ministers. Speaking to SABC News, Mngomezulu warns […]
