# Basic Education minister, Siviwe Gwarube says South Africa needs to expand access to quality foundational learning and the most urgent education challenge is the crisis in early literacy and numeracy. Gwarube was speaking during the announcement of new members of the National Education and Training Council, in Pretoria today. The minister says too many of children […]
# Cape Town Tourism warns national leadership battles in the tourism sector are putting jobs and economic growth at risk. The warning comes as South African Tourism faces turmoil with a dissolved board and suspended CEO, Nombulelo Guliwe. Cape Town Tourism CEO Enver Duminy says the city continues to deliver results, with tourism supporting over […]
# Israeliese veiligheidsmagte het op sowat agt-miljoen-rand van wat hulle “terreurfondse” noem, beslag gelê tydens ‘n klopjag in die besette Wesoewer. Israeliese magte het ‘n geldeenheidwisselaar in Ramallah geteiken en tientalle Palestyne gewond gelaat. ‘n Verklaring deur ‘n polisiewoordvoerder sê die Israeliese grenspolisie en die weermag het ‘n geldeenheidswisselaar in die hartjie van Ramallah bestorm […]
# National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says Africa’s growth and resilience are being targeted by those who profit from instability. Speaking at the 27th Interpol African Regional Conference in Cape Town, Masemola stressed the need for stronger institutions, intelligence sharing, and harmonised legal frameworks. He called the gathering a historic moment, urging bold and collaborative […]
# Basic Education minister, Siviwe Gwarube says the appointment of new members of the National Education and Training Council marks the start of a new era for policymaking in basic education in South Africa. She says the sector is moving towards a system that prioritises outcomes over compliance and values teachers as professionals, not administrators. The minister says […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour says this year’s employment equity reporting season opens on Monday. Designated employers, with 50 or more employees, must submit their EE reports by 1 October for manual submissions or by 15 January next year for online submissions. Employers are urged to activate or register their EE profiles to […]
# Israeli security forces seized roughly 8-million-rand of what it calls “terror funds” during a raid in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces targeted a currency exchange in Ramallah, leaving dozens of Palestinians wounded. A statement from a police spokesperson said Israeli border police and the military raided a money exchange business in the heart […]
# Die DA in die Noord-Kaap ondersoek die Departement van Vervoer, Veiligheid en Skakeling se SANTACO-buskontrak wat hernu is, na beweerde onreëlmatighede en padwaardigheidsprobleme. Drie uit vier busse kon nie rem-inspeksies slaag nie, wat pendelaars tussen Ritchie, Modderrivier en Kimberley gestrand gelaat het. Reinette Liebenberg van die DA sê die party het kontrakbesonderhede, bewys van […]
# Cosatu versoek die Parlement om die Wet op die Beheer van Tabak en Elektroniese Afleweringstelsels te versterk. Die vakbond sê hy sal verseker amptenare van die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens, die Polisie, die Valke en Staatsveiligheid is opgelei en toegerus om die oorlog teen onwettige handel te wen. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die vakbond […]
