# The National Teachers’ Union is holding its National Elective Conference in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, looking into reimagining education funding to support teachers and transform education beyond the classroom. Delegates will engage scholars, officials, and non-governmental organisations on underfunding of education, teacher mental health, unemployed educators and the impact of school violence on teachers and students. […]
# Sakeliga has demanded national executive intervention in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North West, due to persistent service delivery failures. Although Minister Hlabisa confirmed a cabinet proposal, no concrete action has occurred. Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux warns that continued inaction could result in personal cost orders against President Ramaphosa, Minister Hlabisa, and other officials. […]
# The Trade, Industry and Competition Department, in partnership with the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the British High Commission, is hosting a seminar in Johannesburg today. The event seeks to raise awareness about the Southern African Customs Union Member States-plus-Mozambique-UK Economic Partnership Agreement. The deal, involving South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse ingenieurs- en kontrakteringsgroep van maatskappye, Murray en Roberts, se sakereddingspraktisyns het ‘n bykomende 80-miljoen-rand se finansiering verkry. Die groep is in November 2024 vrywillig in sakeredding geplaas. Praktisyn Josh Cunliffe sê befondsing was tot nou instrumenteel in die bestendiging van Murray en Roberts se voortgesette sakereddingspogings. Hy sê daarby het die befondsing […]
# SAT-CARe, wat staan vir Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience, stel ʼn toeganklike instrument bekend wat riglyne verskaf oor die slim gebruik van inheemse bome in Suider-Afrika. Professor Guy Midgley van die Universiteit Stellenbosch sê dié digitale instrument maak staat op data oor klimaat, grond en die omgewing, asook gedetailleerde spesie-kenmerke om […]
# Chief Justice Mandisa Maya is hosting her counterparts from various countries in the J20 Summit of G20 Constitutional and Supreme court heads in Sandton, Johannesburg. The two-day event seeks to look into justice in a time of change to tackle judicial independence, climate justice, cybercrime, and artificial intelligence in courts through independence, innovation and […]
# The ANC Youth League says its rejects the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s proposals to amend the National Credit Act, which include the reckless suggestion that student debt be listed with credit bureaus. The League’s spokesperson, Zama Khanyase says such a move would tighten the debt trap around young people from the working class […]
# South African engineering and contracting group of companies, Murray and Roberts Holdings Limited’s business rescue practitioners have secured an additional 80-million-rand in post-commencement finance. The group entered into voluntary business rescue in November 2024. Practitioner Josh Cunliffe says funding to date has been instrumental in stabilising Murray and Roberts’ business rescue proceedings. He adds […]
# The Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience is building an open-access toolkit based on bioinformatics to guide smarter use of indigenous trees in Southern Africa. This is in partnership with Stellenbosch University. The university’s professor Guy Midgley says the digital toolkit will draw on climate, soil and environmental data, along with detailed […]
