# A new study by Stellenbosch University and Artefact South Africa is calling for targeted prevention and support strategies to address cyberbullying among teenagers. Researchers Daniel le Roux and Camryn Twaddle found that 63.9-percent of learners surveyed had been involved in cyberbullying. Twaddle says the study found that girls and boys experienced different forms of […]
# ‘n Studie deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad het bevind stokvelle kan ‘n belangrike platform word vir die verbetering van voeding en voedselsekerheid in lae-inkomste gemeenskappe. Die Internasionale Navorsings- en Ontwikkelingsentrum het die studie befonds. Ondersoek is ingestel na die uitwerking van kruideniersware-stokvelle op voedselaankope en voedingsverwante besluite in twee lae-inkomstegemeenskappe in Kaapstad, Dunoon en […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens het sy raadplegings-dokument oor die vernuwing van BTW bekendgestel en ‘n openbare raadplegingsproses begin om die land oor te skakel na ‘n digitale BTW-administrasiestelsel met bykans onmiddellike verwerking. Die diens stel ‘n aanlyn BTW-model voor wat e-fakturering en e-rapportering integreer om BTW-administrasie te herposisioneer, nakoming te vergemaklik en toesig te versterk. […]
# The International Trade Administration Commission has recommended a temporary rebate on customs duties for certain new tyres used on agricultural and forestry vehicles and machinery. The tyres, with rim sizes below 91 centimetres, are mainly used on tractors and harvesters. Itac says there are no local manufacturers of the products in the Southern African […]
# Consulting Engineers South Africa says technical skills must be prioritised in implementing the National Water Action Plan. Cesa CEO Chris Campbell says infrastructure investment and institutional reforms will fail without qualified engineers, technicians and process controllers to operate and maintain water systems. He says the decline in municipal technical expertise has contributed to worsening […]
# ‘n Elektrisiën van Kimberley in die Noord-Kaap, Andrew “Benji” Benjamin, is die wenner van MasterChef South Africa se sesde seisoen en het prysgeld van ‘n miljoen-rand losgeslaan. Die 40-jarige amateursjef het Candice Meth van Durban in ‘n spannende eindronde uitgestof. Benjamin, ‘n hoogspanning-elektrisiën, het kykers en beoordelaars beïndruk met sy kalm benadering en kookvernuf. […]
# The Food and Allied Workers Union calls upon government to urgently address the broader structural challenges confronting the South African sugar industry. FAWU’s spokesperson, Dominique Martin says the state has a responsibility to protect local production, decent employment and the country’s industrial capacity from destructive import competition and policies that contribute to deindustrialisation. She […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources says South Africa needs a regulatory framework that protects the environment and the rights of affected communities, while providing investors with sufficient certainty to undertake responsible exploration. The Constitutional Court has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along the country’s Wild Coast. The committee […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging sê die debat oor migrasie moet verder strek as die vals keuse tussen die beskerming van Suid-Afrikaners of buitelandse burgers. Woordvoerder Luzuko Sofute sê Suid-Afrikaners is bekommerd oor ongedokumenteerde migrante, die druk op openbare dienste, werksgeleenthede, misdaad, korrupsie en die integriteit van die land se immigrasiestelsel. Hy sê hierdie kommer […]
