# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has welcomed the 2027 Basic Education Employment Initiative, saying it will help improve learners’ reading, writing and mathematics skills. The Department of Basic Education has announced a new pilot phase of the programme, creating more than 20-thousand work opportunities for young South Africans to be appointed as teacher assistants in […]
# Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia says South Africa faces genuine challenges in managing migration, but insists that effective border control and the protection of human rights must go hand in hand. The organisation’s Dorothy Mabelebele says public institutions must be free from maladministration and corruption to restore public confidence in the country’s migration system. She […]
# Civil society organisations are calling on government to withdraw the proposed Employment Services Amendment Bill, particularly provisions that would empower the Minister of Employment and Labour to impose quotas on foreign workers across different economic sectors and occupations. Government announced that the proposed amendments are intended to regulate labour migration, protect workers and promote […]
# COSATU is calling on government to continue engaging Washington to strengthen diplomatic relations and boost trade and investment with the United States and other major trading partners. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks hopes the newly elected US Congress will engage the American government on the need for constructive relations with South Africa. He says this […]
# South Africa will host the joint meeting of Southern African Development Community Ministers of Health and Ministers responsible for HIV and AIDS in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, from today until Friday. Health Department spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says the meeting comes at a critical time for the region’s health and development agenda. He says the gathering will […]
# COSATU het die hersiene ramings van die bruto binnelandse produk verwelkom en sê dat die ontwikkeling positiewe gevolge vir staatskuld en die land se kredietgraderings kan inhou. COSATU se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die verbeterde skuld-tot-BBP-verhouding kan help om Suid-Afrika se kredietgraderings te versterk en moontlik die rente op staatslenings verlaag. Parks waarsku egter […]
# Die MK-party het ‘n gesentraliseerde nasionale raamwerk saamgestel om sy koalisie-onderhandelinge ná die verkiesing van 2026 te lei, na hy 10-persent van die stemme verwerf het. Tydens ‘n mediavoorligting by die uitslagsentrum in KwaZulu-Natal, in Durban, het die party se sekretaris-generaal, Dali Mpofu, gesê koalisies is belangrike instrumente om die mandaat van die mense […]
# Die UDM sê verkiesingsgeskille wat by die Verkiesingskommissie aanhangig gemaak is, is nie bedoel om die verkiesingsproses te ondermyn nie, maar om die integriteit daarvan te beskerm. Die party sê elke stem verteenwoordig die demokratiese keuse van ‘n burger en moet akkuraat aangeteken word. Die UDM vra die OVK om dringend alle wettige bekommernisse […]
# Die UDM-leier Bantu Holomisa sê verkiesingsgeskille wat by die Verkiesingskommissie ingedien is, is nie daarop gemik om die verkiesingsproses te ondermyn nie, maar wel om die integriteit daarvan te beskerm. Hy sê elke stem verteenwoordig die demokratiese keuse van ‘n burger en moet akkuraat aangeteken word. Hy doen ‘n beroep op die OVK om […]
