# The Department for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities calls for inclusion of youth with disabilities in the economy to advance the legacy of the 1976 youth uprising. South Africa this year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 youth uprising to honour the courage and resilience of young people who fought against injustice and […]
# Local Government Association SALGA is calling on young South Africans to use Youth Month as a moment of action by registering to vote for November’s local government elections. SALGA Youth Commission chairperson, Lucky Sele, says they are mobilising young people to take part in the elections. He says this comes amidst growing concerns of a […]
# The Cape of Good Hope SPCA says winter animal adoptions fall by an average of 14-percent as fewer people adopt in winter. Spokesperson Belinda Abraham says over the past three years that pattern has been consistent. June, July and August are reliably the lowest adoption months, while November, December and January are the strongest. She […]
# Eskom is expected to return at least three-thousand-903-megawatts of generation capacity to the grid by evening peak today and throughout the week to stabilise electricity supply in the country. During the financial year-to-date, the energy availability factor has improved to 63.05-percent, up from 57.67-percent over the same period last year. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says since 16 […]
# The DA says it remains deeply concerned that a national crisis of child pregnancies and statutory rape is not being addressed by the relevant actors in government. The party’s Angel Khanyile says statistics presented in Parliament during the past week showed that one-thousand-900 cases of statutory rape were abandoned by police and prosecutors since […]
# As South Africa marks Youth Month, the Police Ministry is shining the spotlight on the commitment, innovation and leadership of its young members through its national campaign, SAPS Youth – Leading the Reset Agenda. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk says through the theme: My Blood is Blue, SAPS is sharing the stories of young […]
# The City of Cape Town says it is planning further mass training sessions in the coming weeks to expand the rollout of its Smart App for neighbourhood watches and reach as many potential users as possible. To date, 270 groups came on board through structured training sessions, comprising nearly one-thousand-400 individuals. Mayoral committee member for […]
# The Free State police is shocked and deeply concerned by a tragic shooting incident in which a 47-year-old member stationed in Hennenman as a Rural Safety Coordinator allegedly shot five people, resulting in three fatalities and two injuries, before taking his own life. Police spokesperson, Thandi Mbambo says the member reported for duty yesterday. […]
# Hawks seized approximately 90 kilograms of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of 36-million-rand at the Durban Harbour in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Hawks spokesperson, Katlego Mogale says they were informed about suspected cocaine concealed within an excavator that had arrived at the Q and R Car Terminal aboard the vessel Neptune Ace Tokyo from […]
