# The DA in Gauteng has slammed the public hospital security bill which has skyrocketed from 655-million-rand in 2022 to 2.54-billion-rand this year. Health spokesperson Jack Bloom says this surge squeezes funds needed for patient care, despite the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority wage increases averaging only 7.38-percent annually. Some guards report unpaid wages, sparking […]
# The City of Johannesburg is launching roadshows from today to promote its 500-million-rand Spaza Shop Support Fund. Aimed at township and rural entrepreneurs, the fund offers up to 300-thousand-rand in grants and interest-free loans for stock and infrastructure. Roadshows will run across all seven regions until July. Spaza shop owners are encouraged to attend, […]
# Tshwane se Artikel 79-toesigkomitee versoek beterde begraafplaassekuriteit nadat vandalisme toegeneem het. Die voorsitter van die komitee, Hluphi Gafane, het die metro se afhanklikheid van gekontrakteerde sekuriteit gekritiseer en voorgestel dat toesigstelsels en slimtegnologie aangewend word. Die komitee sê hy is bekommerd oor die uitsluiting van gestremdes, die gebrek aan openbare bewustheid oor alternatiewe begrafnisse, […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement sê die ondersoek na bewerings dat onderwysposte by die Unity Secondary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, verkoop word, is weens gebrek aan bewyse gesluit. Dit volg na ʼn klagte wat in November 2024 ontvang is. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê ʼn aansoeker beweer daar moes 17-duisend-rand in ʼn sekere onderwyser […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says the investigation into allegations that teaching posts were being sold at the Unity Secondary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, has been closed due to a lack of evidence. This follows a complaint that was received in November 2024. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says an applicant claimed to have been […]
# Die Humanity Foundation, in samewerking met Rise Against Hunger, het die verpakking en verspreiding van meer as 27-duisend etes gevier. Die etes is aan behoeftige inwoners van Boksburg in Gauteng geskenk. Die geleentheid by die Hoërskool Voortrekker het sy doelwit van 26-duisend maaltye met die hulp van 97 vrywilligers oorskry. Die stigting ondersteun Rise […]
# ʼn Student aan die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie, Andile Wiseman Nkalanga, is met die gesogte Kanselierstoekenning vereer vir uitnemende akademiese prestasie in die Fakulteit Inligting- en Kommunikasietegnologie. Hy het 16 onderskeidings behaal tydens sy studie vir ʼn diploma in Rekenaarwetenskap. Nkalanga erken dat dit nie maklik was nie, maar sê sy vasbeslotenheid om uitsonderlike […]
# The Humanity Foundation, in collaboration with Rise Against Hunger, have celebrated the packaging and distribution of over 27-thousand meals. The meals were donated to residents in need in Boksburg, Gauteng. The event at Hoërskool Voortrekker exceeded its target of 26-thousand meals, with 97 volunteers helping. The foundation supports Rise Against Hunger’s ECD Connect programme […]
# Tshwane’s Section 79 Oversight Committee is calling for improved cemetery security following a rise in vandalism. Committee chairperson, Hluphi Gafane, has criticised the metro’s reliance on contracted security and urged the installation of surveillance systems and smart technology. The committee also raised concerns about the exclusion of people with disabilities, the lack of public […]
