# Sadtu has welcomed the 200-thousand young people who started working as education assistants and general school assistants in public schools across the country. According to Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, this forms part of the Basic Education Employment Initiative, a flagship programme of the Presidential Employment Stimulus. She says the return of the programme will once […]
# Government confirmed the death of a South African citizen in West Virginia in the USA. The spokesperson for the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Chrispin Phiri, says Minister Ronald Lamola has extended condolences to the bereaved family, and that South Africa’s Embassy in Washington, D.C., is providing full consular assistance to the family:
# RISE Mzansi believes that the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee system will go far in enhancing the sport, building new skills, and removing any perceptions of biased refereeing. RISE Mzansi’s Makashule Gana says Sports, Arts and Culture minister, Gayton McKenzie, revealed that his department will spend 90-million-rand for the introduction of the system in South African soccer. He says […]
# Government is calling on South Africans to use this week to recommit to building a child-friendly country. This week is National Child Protection Week under the theme, Working Together in Ending Violence Against Children. Government’s spokesperson, Nokululeko Mtshali, says protecting children from violence, exploitation, and abuse is not only a basic value but also an […]
# The DA is calling on minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, to remove Vincent Blennies from the board of Boxing South Africa. He recently resigned as the National Film and Video Foundation CEO, following controversy around wasteful expenditure under his leadership at the Cannes Film Festival. The DA says Blennies’ continued presence […]
# University of Pretoria graduate, Dian Meintjes, is hoping his research will contribute to the development of affordable, safe and effective functional electrical stimulation systems that can restore partial mobility in paraplegic patients. For his final-year research project, the 22-year-old focused on improving the quality of life for individuals who have lower-limb mobility difficulties, specifically […]
# The Tshwane University of Technology’s Breytenbach Theatre will come alive later this month, as it hosts Echoes of Ubuntu: Rhythm of African Unity. This is a vibrant multidisciplinary stage production, which blends traditional dance, music and drama to explore the rich cultural expressions of the amaZulu, amaXhosa, amaNdebele, Maswati, Vatsonga, Basotho, Batswana, Bapedi and Vhavenda. […]
# The City of Tshwane has approved the embedded generation and energy wheeling policies, a big step in its energy transition. This is part of the metro’s efforts to support households, businesses, and independent producers, who want to generate their own electricity and contribute to the grid. The metro says these policies are not only […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate says it remains committed to completing the multi-million rand Bayside Canal upgrade in Milnerton. Work on the site was temporarily suspended in November 2024, due to a contractual dispute with the appointed contractor. To date, approximately 55-percent of the project has been completed. Mayoral committee […]
