# A recent PhD graduate from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities is hoping to use her research skills to help large numbers of South Africans gain access to over-the-counter hearing aids when they need them. Unlike in the US, where OTC hearing aids are approved and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, […]
# Die Departement van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake is onder skoot nadat hy ʼn hofbevel veronagsaam het om meer as nege-miljoen-rand aan die Insika-stigting te betaal. Die stigting het die hof genader om die departement te dwing om te betaal vir dienste wat gelewer is, en dis toegestaan. Die departement het geappelleer, maar die […]
# Die veelbekroonde sangeres, liedskrywer en maatskaplike aktivis, Simphiwe Dana, vier vandag en môre 20 jaar in die musiekbedryf met konserte in die Baxter-teater in Kaapstad. Sy sal verskeie besonderse liedjies in haar repertorium sing, insluitend dié op haar debuutalbum, Zandisile. Dana beklemtoon haar stemontwikkeling oor die afgelope 20 jaar is die bewys van haar […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, waarsku die huidige wêreldwye momentum van wedywering ondersteun die versplintering van ekonomieë en konflik wat wêreldvrede bedreig. Hy het ‘n hoëvlak-vergadering toegespreek op die derde G20-sjerpa-byeenkoms in Noordwes. Lamola sê ingewortelde uitdagings moet aandag kry om ‘n wêreldwye beredeneerde benadering terug te eis wat op […]
# Die metaalwerkersvakbond NUMSA sê hy is nie bewus van moontlike afleggings by Denel as deel van die staatsinstelling se omkeerstrategie nie. Denel se uitvoerende hoof, Tshepo Monaheng, het verlede week aan die Parlement gesê die instelling bly onder druk weens skuld en oorweeg afleggings en die verkoop van sekere bates om sy kontantreserwes aan […]
# Die Vrystaatse polisie het bevestig dat ‘n graad 11-leerder van die Martie du Plessis Skool in Bloemfontein, Kamogelo Baukudi, vanoggend lewend gevind is in Wepener. Twee mans wat voorgegee het om polisiebeamptes te wees, het hom op 5 Junie ontvoer terwyl hy langs Vereeniging-rylaan van die skool af huis toe gery het. Polisiewoordvoerder, Motantsi […]
# The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is under fire for defying a court order to pay over nine-million-rand to the Insika Foundation. The foundation approached the courts last year seeking an order for the department to pay for services delivered, which it was granted. The department appealed but lost. The foundation’s CEO, […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola, has warned that the current global dynamics and state rivalries are fuelling fragmentation, with economic decoupling and proxy conflicts undermining global stability. He addressed a high-level session during the third G20 Sherpa meeting in the North West on Thursday. Lamola said systemic challenges must be addressed to reclaim […]
# Multi award-winning singer, songwriter and social activist, Simphiwe Dana, is celebrating 20-years in the music industry with a concert at the Baxter Theatre Concert Hall in Cape Town today and tomorrow. She will explore the many amazing songs from her repertoire, including those from her debut album Zandisile. Dana points to her vocal evolution as tangible […]
