# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die regering bly verbind tot samewerking met tradisionele leiers, gesinne, gemeenskappe en alle belanghebbendes om alle sterftes en beserings by inlywing-skole te verhoed en onwettige skole uit te roei. Hy sê 43 ingewydes het tydens die winter-seisoen gesterf en 12 ontvoerings is aangemeld. […]
# The route between Cape Town International Airport and Gauteng’s OR Tambo International Airport was Africa’s busiest airport connection last year. According to the International Air Transport Association’s World Air Transport Statistics 2025 report, approximately 3.4 million passengers travelled between the two destinations. The report says the route outperformed all other airport pairs on the […]
# MANCOSA Academic says South Africa’s declining performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education has become a pressing concern. Global benchmarks consistently rank the nation poorly, highlighting systemic challenges that demand urgent attention. Spokesperson Precious Buthelezi says this threatens the country’s ability to compete in a knowledge-driven economy. She says many learners arrive at university […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die regering oorweeg dit om die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Munisipale Strukture voor November se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing te bespoedig om bestendigheid ná die verkiesing te bevorder. Die wetgewing, ook bekend as die Koalisiewetsontwerp, beoog om ‘n wetgewende raamwerk in te stel vir die vorming en […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê spesiale ekonomiese sones is nie net aangewese nywerheidspersele nie, maar aandrywers van ekonomiese hervorming. ʼn Onlangse beoordeling van die Wêreldbank toon Suid-Afrika se sones het meer as 34-miljard-rand se beleggings gelok, meer as 30-duisend regstreekse werksgeleenthede geskep en meer as 14-miljard-rand tot die fiskus bygedra. Ramaphosa sê die regering gaan […]
# The Media Development and Diversity Agency has called on eligible community media organisations across South Africa to apply for financial support through its 2026/27 Annual Call for Grant Funding Applications. The funding call forms part of its ongoing efforts to transform South Africa’s media landscape and strengthen the country’s community media sector. The MDDA […]
# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says government remains committed to working with traditional leaders, families, communities and all stakeholders to achieve zero initiate deaths, no injuries and no illegal initiation schools. He says 43 initiates have died during the winter customary initiation season and 12 abductions were recorded, while 58 illegal initiation schools […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says government is considering fast-tracking the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill in time for November’s local government elections to ensure post-election stability. The legislation, also known as the Coalitions Bill, seeks to provide a legislative framework to guide the formation and management of coalition governments, and provide […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Special Economic Zones are not simply designated industrial sites; they are engines of economic transformation. A recent World Bank assessment found that South Africa’s SEZs have attracted more than 34-billion-rand in investment, created over 30-thousand direct jobs, and generated more than 14-billion-rand in revenue for the fiscus. Ramaphosa says government […]
