# Grade 12 Zimbabwean learners who left South Africa after the June 30 immigration deadline are being brought back to write their matric exams. The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Coordinating Committee Academy says learners will be housed at a boarding facility in Johannesburg ahead of the exams, starting next month. About 35-thousand children reportedly returned to […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie sê Isuzu Motors Suid-Afrika het ‘n veiligheidsterugroep uitgereik vir twee-duisend-582 RG19-bakkies wat tussen 11 Mei en 3 Julie vanjaar in die mark beskikbaar gestel is. Volgens Isuzu is daar ‘n moontlikheid dat die rempedaal se spilpunt kan loskom. Die kommissie se woordvoerder, Phetho Ntaba, sê van die voertuie is ook uitgevoer […]
# Die Rethink Your Drink-veldtog vra ‘n gekoördineerde nasionale strategie om fetale alkohol-spektrumversteuring te voorkom. Vandag is Internasionale Fetale Alkohol-spektrumversteuring-bewustheidsdag, waartydens die gevare van drankgebruik tydens swangerskap uitgelig word. Daar word geraam dat sowat een uit elke tien Suid-Afrikaanse kinders met FASD saamleef. Woordvoerder Kashifa Ancer sê gefragmenteerde pogings deur gesondheids-, onderwys- en maatskaplike dienste […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta is encouraging young people to consider applying to study at technical and vocational education and training colleges for the 2027 academic year. Applications for TVET colleges close on 30 September. Makaneta says South Africans need to change the way they look at TVET colleges, urging young people to treat colleges […]
# The National Consumer Commission says Isuzu Motors South Africa has issued a safety recall of two-thousand-582 RG19 bakkies, which were made available between 11 May and 3 July this year. According to Isuzu, there is a possibility that the brake pedal pivot pin may be loose. The commission’s spokesperson, Phetho Ntaba, says affected vehicles […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie verwag dat meer politieke partye die Verkiesingshof gaan nader oor die indiening van kandidate-lyste. Die ANC daag die OVK se besluit uit om nie sy kandidate in ses munisipaliteite te registreer nie. Volgens die party kon hy kandidate nie registreer nie weens ʼn probleem met die stelsel. Die Verkiesingshof het intussen die […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA sê hy is bekommerd oor die bruto binnelandse produk se inkrimping in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar. Die BBP het met 0,2-persent gekrimp ná groei van 0,4-persent in die eerste kwartaal. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê terwyl apologete vir kapitaal sal verwys na die oorlog in Iran en wêreldwye onderbrekings in […]
# Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, has called for stronger regional cooperation and collective action to accelerate efforts to end gender-based violence and femicide across Southern Africa. Findings from the Human Sciences Research Council show that 33.1-percent of women aged 18 and older have experienced […]
# The Rethink Your Drink is calling for the adoption of a coordinated national strategy to prevent Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. International Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day, observed today, highlights the dangers of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. One in ten South African children is estimated to live with FASD. Spokesperson Kashifa Ancer says fragmented efforts […]
