# The Department of Basic Education says the matric exams are progressing steadily, with marking preparations underway. Marking centres are expected to open between the 26th and the 28th of the month, with marking starting on December 1. Spokesperson Terence Khala says candidates must be cautious about potentially disruptive weather conditions which could lead to […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor die Staatsdiens en Administrasie vra tasbare bewyse dat leefstyloudits tot dissiplinêre stappe en strafregtelike vervolging lei indien wangedrag of korrupsie bepaal word. Die komitee het voorleggings ontvang van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Menslike Nedersettings, Gesondheid, Water en Sanitasie, Binnelandse Sake en Landbou. Voorsitter Jan de Villiers sê om openbare […]
# The National Gambling Board is marking National Responsible Gambling Month by urging South Africans to gamble responsibly and remain mindful of the potential financial and social consequences. The latest industry statistics show gambling revenue has reached 84.5-billion-rand in the previous financial year. The board’s acting CEO, Lungile Dukwana, says betting accounted for 74-percent of […]
# South Africa’s global business services sector is being urged to move towards higher-value services and develop skills to keep pace with artificial intelligence. Business Process Enabling South Africa CEO Reshni Singh says AI is disrupting entry-level jobs and traditional call centre operations. The sector created more than 26-thousand jobs in 2025, with about 90-percent […]
# Economic reforms in South Africa and growth across Africa are opening opportunities for stronger trade and investment ties with Japan. Speakers at the Standard Bank and Mizuho Africa-Japan Investment Forum in Johannesburg highlighted opportunities in infrastructure, energy, ports and rail. Japan’s JETRO Africa executive director, Shintaro Matoba, says nearly 80-percent of Japanese companies operating […]
# Die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging veroordeel Suid-Afrika se volgehoue hoë werkloosheidsvlakke en sê rasse-ongelykhede in indiensneming bly onaanvaarbaar hoog. Die amptelike werkloosheidsyfer was in die derde kwartaal effens hoër op 33,7-persent, volgens die Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmag-opname. Die beweging sê die werkloosheidskrisis is gewortel in die geskiedkundige ekonomiese onregte van kolonialisme en apartheid. Hy sê die ekonomiese uitsluiting […]
# November is Diabetes-bewusmakingsmaand en Suid-Afrikaners word aangemoedig om voorkeur te gee aan vroeë opsporing en gereelde sifting. Die Internasionale Diabetes-federasie sê meer as ʼn half-miljard mense wêreldwyd het diabetes, maar byna die helfte is nie bewus daarvan nie. In Suid-Afrika word tot twee-derdes van mense waarskynlik nie gediagnoseer nie. ʼn Diabeet-spesialis, Shaifali Joshi, sê […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on the Public Service and Administration has called for stronger evidence that lifestyle audits are leading to disciplinary action and criminal prosecutions where wrongdoing or corruption is established. It received briefings from Public Works and Infrastructure, Human Settlements, Health, Water and Sanitation, Home Affairs, and Agriculture. Chairperson Jan de Villiers says […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, het riglyne vir bestendige koalisies in munisipaliteite uitgereik. Dit sal help om koalisies te bestuur, bestendigheid te versterk en seker te maak politieke oorgang belemmer nie dienslewering nie. Gister was die begin van die tydperk van 14 dae vir die samestelling van rade. Die […]
