# The ANC has cautioned against hate speech, violence and vigilantism towards foreign nationals amid protests against illegal immigration. The ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says most demonstrators are demanding stronger government action on border management, corruption and unlawful immigration. However, Mbalula stressed that protests must remain lawful and humane, warning that xenophobia damages South Africa’s […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela, has announced plans to expand the national open learning system through online TVET and Community Education and Training programmes. Delivering his department’s budget vote in Parliament, Manamela said the initiative will make education more accessible by reducing travel barriers for students. He revealed plans for digital career […]
# Die Johannesburgse Handelsmisdaadhof in Palm Ridge het die saak van bedrog en diefstal teen die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging, Danny Jordaan, en sy medebeskuldigdes tot 27 Augustus uitgestel. Dit sal die verdediging kans gee om te reageer op die staat se betoë oor beweerde vertragings met die finalisering van die saak. Jordaan, die […]
# Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, sê die party is verenig en gefokus op die herstel van plaaslike regering voor die komende plaaslike verkiesing. Hy het ná die Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee se vergadering gesê die party het planne aanvaar om sukkelende munisipaliteite te verbeter, infrastruktuurlewering te versnel en watertekorte aan te pak. Mbalula sê […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, sê sy departement se begroting is daarop gemik om te verseker dat onderwys tot werksgeleenthede lei. Hy het aan die Parlement gesê te veel gegradueerdes sukkel met die oorskakeling na werk, terwyl werkgewers steeds vaardigheidstekorte aanmeld. Hy beklemtoon die behoefte om die doeltreffendheid van vaardigheidstekorte […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party is united and focused on fixing local government ahead of upcoming municipal elections. Speaking after the National Executive Committee meeting, Mbalula said the party had adopted plans to improve struggling municipalities, accelerate infrastructure delivery and address water shortages. He says the ANC is also intensifying efforts to […]
# Johannesburg-born singer Tyla has won two awards at the 52nd American Music Awards in Las Vegas. She took home Best Afrobeats, beating stars including Burna Boy and Wizkid, and also won Social Song of the Year for her hit Chanel. The win makes her the first international artist to claim the social song award. […]
# The Department of Higher Education and Training has launched a Literacy for Empowerment Campaign aimed at tackling functional illiteracy affecting about 3.8-million adults in South Africa. The initiative, in partnership with Old Mutual and other stakeholders, will focus on reading, writing, as well as digital, financial, and workplace literacy. The programme seeks to reach […]
# The National Treasury’s Jobs Fund has opened its13th funding round aimed at creating sustainable employment opportunities across South Africa. Jobs Fund head Najwah Allie-Edries says the initiative will focus on the green and informal economy under the theme “Catalysing demand-led growth.” Since 2011, the Jobs Fund has committed more than 7.7-billion-rand to projects supporting […]
