# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, het het gevra vir gesamentlike optrede om kinders teen geweld, mishandeling en uitbuiting te beskerm. Sy het gister in Witrivier die Kinderberaad oor die beëindiging van geweld teen kinders toegespreek. Pule het beklemtoon hoe belangrik dit is dat kinders se stemme gehoor word om seker te maak […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule has called for united action in the protection of children from violence, abuse and exploitation. She addressed the Children’s Summit on Ending Violence Against Children in White River, Mpumalanga, yesterday. Pule emphasised the importance of elevating children’s voices to ensure that their priorities inform renewed commitments and accountability […]
# South Africa’s single richest billionaire owns more wealth than the poorest 70-percent of the population combined. This is according to a new report by Oxfam South Africa. It found that the richest one-percent of citizens held 54.9-percent of the country’s wealth in 2024, while the bottom half of the population now holds negative wealth. […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê belegging in toerisme-infrastruktuur is noodsaaklik om seker te maak die sektor kan op die toenemende eise reageer. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika het toerisme in 2024 953-duisend-981 mense regstreeks in diens gehad. Dit is 5,7-persent van die totale arbeidsmag, terwyl die bydrae tot die ekonomie 4,9-persent van die […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier Oscar Mabuyane het toestemming ontvang om te appelleer teen ʼn Hooggeregshof-bevel in die lastersaak teen EFF-leier Julius Malema. Die kwessie spruit uit Malema se verklaring dat Mabuyane ʼn meestersgraad van die Universiteit van Fort Hare “gesteel” het. Die premier sê die verklaring impliseer bedrog, oneerlikheid en misdadige gedrag. Mabuyane se dringende hofaansoek […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het opvoeders en die breër onderwysgemeenskap gevra om te help teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord, en gesê skole het ‘n rol om te speel om geweld te voorkom voordat dit plaasvind. Hy het gister ’n toespraak gelewer by die 26ste Nasionale Onderwystoekennings in Ekurhuleni. Ramaphosa sê skole moenie seksuele teistering, mishandeling of […]
# Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille says tourism infrastructure investment is critical to ensuring that the sector can respond to growing demand. According to Statistics South Africa, tourism directly employed 953-thousand-981 people in 2024, accounting for 5.7-percent of total employment, while its direct contribution to the economy reached 4.9-percent of gross domestic product. De Lille […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has been granted leave to appeal a High Court ruling in the defamation case involving EFF leader Julius Malema. The dispute arose when Malema stated that Mabuyane had “stolen” a master’s degree from the University of Fort Hare. The premier said the statements implied fraud, dishonesty and criminal conduct. In […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on educators and the wider education community to help address gender-based violence and femicide, saying schools have a role to play in preventing violence before it happens. He addressed the 26th National Teaching Awards in Ekurhuleni yesterday. Ramaphosa stated that schools must not tolerate sexual harassment, abuse or exploitation by […]
