# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, is urging Grade 12s to apply to Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges for the 2027 academic year, before the application deadline. This as government is seeking to position TVET colleges as institutions of choice for young people considering further education, employment and entrepreneurship. The […]
# Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, says the courage of generations of South African and Namibian women must translate into tangible improvements in the lives of women and girls today and in the future. She participated in the virtual National School of Government’s South Africa-Namibia Ministerial Dialogue. […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het ʼn verkiesings-gedragskode teen waninligting in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing goedgekeur en in die Staatskoerant gepublisheer voor die verkiesing op 4 November. Die kommissie sê dit behels dat politieke partye en kandidate moet seker maak inligting is betroubaar voor hulle dit deel. Hulle moet enige verkeerde of misleidende inligting binne 36-uur in die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the Southern African Development Community chairperson, has extended his condolences to Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan on the passing of her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan. The 71-year-old passed away yesterday while receiving treatment for a cardiac condition. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says Hassan had a distinguished career […]
# The Electoral Commission has promulgated the Electoral Code of Conduct Countering Disinformation in the Local Government Elections and published it in the Government Gazette ahead of the 4 November elections. The IEC says under the code, political parties and candidates must check information for accuracy before sharing it and publicly retract and correct any […]
# Civic Root Advocacy sê die vertragings rondom die parlementêre verwerking van die Wetsontwerp op Koalisies toon die regering se inherente onvermoë om plaaslike regeringsuitdagings op te los. Die wetgewing beoog om koalisieraamwerke binne plaaslike regerings te standaardiseer. Die Departement van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake hoop dit sal voor November se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing deurgevoer […]
# Civic Root Advocacy says the delayed processing of the Coalition Bill in Parliament reveals government’s inherent lack of urgency in solving the challenges facing local government. The legislation aims to standardise coalition frameworks within local governments. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs wants the bill passed and signed into law before the […]
# Die Nasionale Dobbelraad sê dobbel moet ontspanning bly en nooit beskou word as ʼn bron van inkomste of oplossing vir finansiële probleme nie. Die raad, in samewerking met Africa Imagine Alliance, het by Afrika-dobbelreguleerders en rolspelers aangesluit om Afrika Veiliger Dobbel-week te vier. Die raad se waarnemende hoof, Lungile Dukwana, sê dobbel hou altyd […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê indien die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Openbare Verkryging bekragtig word, sal dit ʼn belangrike wapen wees in die stryd teen staatskaping en korrupsie. Die wetsontwerp is daarop gemik om die Wet op Openbare Verkryging te versterk. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê werkers het betaal en betaal steeds ʼn groot prys vir staatskaping en […]
