# The Freedom Front Plus says it is concerning that Quintile five public schools in Gauteng will receive only a small subsidy increase in the 2027/2028 financial year. Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed that the subsidy will be increased from 315-rand to 329-rand per learner, an increase of only 4.4-percent. FF Plus’s Anton Alberts says Lesufi […]
# Road users travelling on the N3 Toll Route during the coming days are urged to plan, allow extra travel time, and remain patient and courteous. This as traffic volumes are expected to increase from today, as holidaymakers travel between Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal for the Heritage Day long weekend and the […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering het die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, se voorstel verwelkom dat maatskappye in die privaat sektor toegang kry tot die Landbounavorsingsraad se intellektuele eiendom oor entstof teen bek-en-klouseer. Die navorsingsraad se entstof is baie doeltreffend teen die plaaslike bek-en-klouseer-stamme, maar weens vervaardigingsbeperkings kan die raad tans nie genoeg vervaardig nie. Die […]
# The Western Cape government has welcomed Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp’s proposal to allow qualifying private sector companies access to the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property relating to foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. The ARC vaccine is a very effective defence against the domestic FMD strains; however, due to manufacturing constraints, the research council is currently […]
# The City of Cape Town says its electricity wheeling programme has reached a milestone, with about 3.1 gigawatt-hours of power supplied from private generators to customers using the city’s grid. The city also aims to increase the programme’s capacity to 200 megawatts over the next few years. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, […]
# The South African Rooibos Council says this year’s World Koesister Day Competition shows how local ingredients can be used in new ways. Cape Town chef Huwitt Strydom won the competition at Makers Landing at the V&A Waterfront for using Rooibos in the traditional Cape Malay koesister. Rooibos was this year’s featured heritage ingredient, following […]
# North-West University has partnered with the South African Institute of Professional Accountants and an accredited training centre to give three top graduates a direct path into the accounting profession. The graduates will receive three-year contracts with Danie Rothman Accountants in Potchefstroom to complete their articles and gain practical workplace experience. The graduates are Asenathi […]
# Trade union Solidarity says many Mangaung Correctional Centre employees in the Free State who reported for duty on 1 July are still waiting for their employment to be recognised, as well as regular pay and benefits. The union has approached the Labour Court in an urgent application against the Department of Correctional Services. Solidarity’s […]
# Die Twee Oseane-akwarium in Kaapstad nooi gesinne uit om Suid-Afrika se mariene-erfenis tydens die skoolvakansie te verken. Die “Sea Local, Love Local“-veldtog duur van Donderdag tot 5 Oktober en sluit voersessies, kinderaktiwiteite en verlengde openingstye in. Besoekers kan meer leer oor plaaslike spesies, insluitend die galjoen, rooistompneus, Afrika-pikkewyn en swartmosselkraker. Besoekers kan ‘n pikkewynervaring […]
