# Build One South Africa het kommer uitgespreek oor die verslapte B-BBEE-lisensievereistes vir satellietdiensmaatskappye wat skielik in die Staatskoerant gepubliseer is. Die voorgestelde beleidsverandering maak dit makliker vir Elon Musk se Starlink om in die land bedryf te word. Dit bied sekere aansoekers ʼn manier om reëls te omseil om ʼn lisensie te kry om […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has terminated the Silapha Wellness Intervention Programme. The programme was a three-year project offered to artists and sportspeople, intended to assist them in accessing resources. The service provider was awarded a tender of over 18-million-rand for three years, with the department paying around 507-thousand to the […]
# The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has condemned the deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes over the weekend. At least 12 people, including three children, were killed in widespread strikes in the Kyiv region. Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russia launched 298 drones and 69 missiles. The UN says the […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Lando Norris held off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time. The Briton navigated the new two-mandatory tyre changes for the race to win for the first time since the season-opener in Australia. His teammate Oscar Piastri finished third, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in fourth, with Ferrari’s Lewis […]
# Build One South Africa has expressed concern at the sudden gazetting of relaxed B-BBEE licensing requirements for satellite service companies. The proposed policy direction provides alternatives to pave the way for Elon Musk’s Starlink to operate in the country. It provides applicants with a workaround to rules on who can acquire a licence to […]
# Onderwysaktivis, Hendrick Makaneta, sê ongedokumenteerde kinders van immigrante in Suid-Afrika het die reg op onderwys. Hy sê begrotingstoekennings wat volgens geboortesertifikate gedoen word, het ‘n negatiewe invloed op die voeding van die kinders. Makaneta sê die Suid-Afrikaanse regering moet besin oor die breër kwessie van toegang tot skoolvoeding om te verseker dat elke geregistreerde […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta says undocumented children of immigrants in South Africa have a right to education. However, he says the issue of nutrition affects them negatively due to budget allocations that are done in accordance with birth certificates. Makaneta says as the South African government should reflect on the broader issue of access […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng doen ‘n beroep op premier Panyaza Lesufi en die provinsiale LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Jacob Mamabolo, om die Emfuleni-munisipaliteit onder verpligte administrasie te plaas met volle toesig deur die Nasionale Tesourie. Zwelithini Mtshali van ActionSA sê ten spyte van jare se toesigmislukkings en onvolledige ingrypings kragtens Artikel 139, […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng is calling on premier Panyaza Lesufi and provincial Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Jacob Mamabolo to place the Emfuleni Local Municipality under mandatory administration with the full oversight of National Treasury. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says despite years of oversight failures and incomplete interventions under Section 139, Emfuleni has deteriorated into a full-blown […]