# Die Departement van Vroue, Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede het die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie se bevindings teen die omstrede mediapersoonlikheid Ngizwe Mchunu verwelkom. Hy het verlede maand ‘n video aanlyn geplaas waarin hy vernederende opmerkings maak nadat foto’s van ‘n gay paartjie wat in tradisionele drag getrou het aanlyn geplaas is. Die kommissie het bevind […]
# The Democratic Alliance condemns calls by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to investigate or imprison journalists for misinformation. The party’s Willie Aucamp stresses that media freedom is a cornerstone of democracy and essential for exposing corruption, including scandals like Tembisa. Aucamp says while supporting press self-regulation, the party vows to defend journalists’ safety, press […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has called on stakeholders and citizens to comment on the General Family Laws Amendment Bill. The bill seeks to amend several key pieces of legislation, namely, the Divorce Act, the Matrimonial Property Act, and the Mediation in Certain Divorce Matters Act. Committee chairperson Xola Nqola says […]
# Ses volledige beurse ter waarde van vyf-miljoen-rand is op vanjaar se Eskom Ekspo-Internasionale Wetenskapskou toegeken vir studies in wetenskap, tegnologie, ingenieurswese en wiskunde. Die beste jong wetenskaplikes van Suid-Afrika en ander lande soos Lesotho, Namibië, Zimbabwe, Ierland, Indië en Rusland het deelgeneem. Die wenners van die beurse kom van KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo en die Vrystaat. […]
# Between January 2021 and June 2023, Higher Health delivered mental health prevention interventions to over 321-thousand students and provided psycho-social support and counselling to more than 23-thousand students in South Africa. This is according to research by Higher Health South Africa. Rosebank International University College president, Linda Meyer, says a national study conducted across […]
# The Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities has welcomed the South African Human Rights Commission’s findings against controversial media figure Ngizwe Mchunu. Last month, he posted a video of himself online making derogatory remarks after photos of a gay couple getting married in traditional attire went viral. The commission found that Mchunu’s […]
# This year’s Eskom Expo International Science Fair saw the awarding of six full bursaries worth five-million-rand, for studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The fair brought together the brightest young scientists from across South Africa and various countries around the world, including Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ireland, India and Russia. Winners of the full bursaries […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Geloofsgemeenskapsomgewingsinstituut herhaal sy waarskuwing oor Eskom se omstrede plan vir die Koeberg-kernkragsentrale in Kaapstad. Die Nasionale Kernreguleerder sal waarskynlik die 20-jaar verlenging van die bedryfslisensie vir Eenheid 2 goedkeur. Francesca de Gasparis van die instituut sê die kern van die probleem is Eskom se ontleding – ‘n nuwe ingenieursverslag wat die toestand […]
# ‘n Ekonoom, Frederick Mitchell, sê Suid-Afrika ondervind aansienlike ekonomiese uitdagings wat sy bestendigheid en toekomstige voorspoed bedreig. Die ANC het hierdie week sy Ekonomiese Aksieplan onthul, wat die uitbreiding van elektrisiteits-infrastruktuur, die herstel van die chroom- en die mangaanbedryf, die aanvuur van plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling en die uitbreiding van openbare indiensnemings- en vaardigheidsprogramme insluit. […]
