# Die leesveldtog Nal’ibali is vereer met die Geletterdheidsvereniging van Suid-Afrika se hoogste toekenning, die Betekenisvolle Bydrae tot Geletterdheidstoekenning. Die organisasie het die toekenning ontvang ter erkenning van sy volgehoue werk om geletterdheid deur lees en storievertelling te bevorder. Nal’ibali sê die toekenning erken kollektiewe pogings om ‘n leeskultuur te bevorder en toegang tot boeke […]
# Reading campaign Nal’ibali has been honoured with the Literacy Association of South Africa’s highest award, the Significant Contribution to Literacy Award. The organisation received the award in recognition of its sustained work advancing literacy through reading and storytelling. Nal’ibali says the award acknowledges collective efforts to promote a culture of reading and expand access […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says despite plenty of signs that reform is moving forward, business confidence is far behind. Business confidence fell to 38-percent in quarter three, with 62-percent of respondents dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions. BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says the most significant positive signal is that National Treasury has issued a call […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, verwelkom 100 munisipaliteite se aanvaarding van die Kode vir Etiese Leierskap in Plaaslike Regering. Dis daarop gemik om ʼn plaaslike regering te bou wat verbind is tot etiese standaarde, dienslewering en goeie bestuur. Hlabisa se woordvoerder, Pearl Maseko-Binqose, sê die aanvaarding weerspieël ʼn toenemende […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has welcomed 100 municipalities’ adoption of the Code for Ethical Leadership in Local Government. The code aims to build a local government committed to ethical standards, service delivery, and good governance. The department’s spokesperson, Pearl Maseko-Binqose, says the adoption reflects a growing commitment within local government […]
# Die ANC se nasionale voorsitter, Gwede Mantashe, verwerp bewerings dat sy opmerkings oor G-O-P-huise en die kindertoelae neerkom op stem-kopery of emosionele afpersing. Hy het die naweek tydens ‘n deur-tot-deur veldtog in Vryheidspark, Johannesburg, gesê G-O-P-huise en kindertoelae is die regstreekse gevolg van ANC-beleid en dat kiesers die ANC erkenning moet gee en dankbaar […]
# ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has rejected assertions that his comments on RDP housing and the child support grant amount to vote-buying or emotional blackmail. During a door-to-door campaign in Freedom Park, Johannesburg, over the weekend, he pointed out that RDP housing and child support grants were direct results of ANC policies, arguing that […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA is tevrede met die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, se verbintenis tot die hervorming van die sektor. Die regering en die privaat sektor het saamgewerk om meer as 23-miljoen dosisse bek-en-klouseer-entstof in te voer, met elke kommersiële melkkoei in Suid-Afrika wat reeds ‘n eerste dosis entstof ontvang het. Bennie van […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling sê advokaat Ntuthuzelo Vanara se aanstelling as waarnemende hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie of IDAC kom op ʼn belangrike tydstip vir Suid-Afrika se strafregstelsel. Die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee en die Madlanga-kommissie het ernstige probleme soos korrupsie, misdaadnetwerke, bestuur en institusionele swakhede onthul. Die komitee sê hy […]