# The City of Cape Town says the ninth edition of the annual #YouthStartCT Entrepreneurial Challenge is nearing the finish line. The challenge is a process of elimination, where contestants have to pitch their existing businesses or business ideas to a judging panel to progress to the next round. Mayoral committee member for Community Services […]
# Die premier van KwaZulu-Natal, Thamsanqa Ntuli, sê samewerking tussen die sakewêreld en die regering kan doeltreffende hawebedrywighede tot gevolg hê. Hy was deel van die amptelike bekendstelling gister van die Fasiliteitsoperateurooreenkoms by die Richardsbaai-hawe. Ntuli sê die mylpaal stem ooreen met die doelwitte van die provinsie se maritieme strategie, wat gemik is op pogings […]
# The DA in Gauteng says it is concerning that the number of active reservists has decreased from six-thousand in 2010 to 892 as of January 1st this year. The party recently conducted oversight inspections of various police stations across Gauteng, uncovering significant understaffing concerns, especially at front desks and in patrols. The DA’s, Michael Sun, […]
# Die EFF het die arbitrêre kansellasie van ‘n kritieke vergadering van die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Verdediging en Militêre Veterane wat vir vandag geskeduleer was, sterk veroordeel. Krygkor sou die komitee inlig oor die huidige en beplande vlootkontrakte, en die SA Vloot oor vlootkontrakte wat deur Krygkor bestuur word. Die EFF sê ewe kommerwekkend […]
# ActionSA sê die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, se hersiene begroting moet die grondslag lê vir volhoubare ekonomiese groei. Die minister keer vandag terug met ʼn derde begrotingspoging ná die eerste een in Februarie en ʼn tweede een in Maart. ActionSA-woordvoerder Matthew George sê hierdie begroting moet sukkelende landsburgers teen hoër belasting beskerm, seker […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria het ‘n eredoktorsgraad in Opvoedkunde toegeken aan Suid-Afrika se mees gevierde en veelbekroonde redaksionele spotprenttekenaar, Jonathan Shapiro, beter bekend as Zapiro. Die universiteit sê sy spotprente hou die afgelope vier dekades ‘n boeiende, insiggewende spieël op van gebeure in Suid-Afrika. Shapiro sê dis vir hom uiters aangenaam om te sien […]
# Civic movement Soil of Africa has condemned a corporal punishment incident at Soshanguve South Secondary School. A video, which has gone viral, shows two people using sjamboks to beat pupils standing in line at the school for apparently arriving late. According to reports, community members overpowered scholar patrollers and unlawfully entered the school premises, […]
# KwaZulu-Natal premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says only collaboration between business and the state in the port system can yield efficient and responsive port operations. He was part of the official launch of the Facility Operator Agreement at the Port of Richards Bay on Tuesday. Ntuli says this milestone aligns with the objectives of the province’s […]
# The Public Servants Association has commended Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts for placing the State Information Technology Agency under strict oversight. This is after the Auditor-General exposed SITA’s failure to address irregular expenditure of more than two-billon-rand, and continued reckless spending with inadequate controls and accountability. PSA’s, Claude Naiker, says they have continuously […]
