# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government has pledged to invest ten-billion-rand in early childhood development over the next three-years, with a focus on universal access. The funding will support ECD centres and improve foundation skills for young children. In his keynote address at the Bana Pele Summit in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa urged businesses, government, and […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof en adjunk-groepshoof van Standard Bank Suid-Afrika, Kenny Fihla, het ná 18 jaar bedank. Fihla, is van vandag met afwesigheidsverlof en begin op 17 Junie in die rol van uitvoerende hoof en uitvoerende direkteur van die Absa-groep en Absa Bank, onderhewig aan regulatoriese goedkeuring. Standard Bank sê dit was ‘n voorreg om […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra dringende optrede om vroeë kinderontwikkeling uit te brei. Hy het tydens die Bana Pele 2030-Leierskapberaad in Johannesburg gepraat en die belangrikheid daarvan beklemtoon om die siklus van armoede te verbreek en ekonomiese potensiaal te ontsluit. Ramaphosa sê sterk vroeë onderwys lei tot beter skooluitkomste, arbeidsmaggereedheid en langtermyn ekonomiese voordele:
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge het die #WhatSACanBe-belofte bekendgestel. Dit is ‘n nasionale oproep tot aksie om ekonomiese vryheid, nie-rassigheid en welvaart in Suid-Afrika te bevorder. Hermann Pretorius van die Instituut sê aangesien die land verstrengel is in ‘n siklus van ekonomiese verval, regering wat misluk, en stygende werkloosheid, steek die intituut sy hand op […]
# Iran says that a letter it received from US President Donald Trump, who has called for striking a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic, echoed his public statements. Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told a news conference in Tehran their response will be provided through the appropriate channels once the assessment is complete. Iran’s […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has called for due process in the investigation of KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is probing claims that he interfered in the 2023 arrest of a senior correctional services official linked to a drug cartel at Westville Maximum Prison. Mkhwanazi must submit a sworn […]
# The DA in the Northern Cape says it has submitted questions for clarification from the provincial Department of Education on the apparent non-payment of pledged emergency funding for the Daniëlskuil Combined School. The DA’s Priscilla Isaacs says significant localised floods occurred in January 2021 and the school was built in the 1980s in a […]
# ActionSA has paid tribute to the late Rosemary “Nishebo” Mangope, the former CEO of the National Arts Council, who passed away on Saturday after battling cancer. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has described the 65-year-old Queen of Bahurutshe boo Manyane, as a dedicated leader, and a community builder who founded the Mmabana Arts Cultural Centers. […]
# The Institute of Race Relations has launched the #WhatSACanBe Pledge, a national call to action to drive economic freedom, non-racialism, and prosperity in South Africa. The institute’ ‘s Hermann Pretorius says with the country stuck in a cycle of economic decline, failing governance, and rising unemployment, the institute is stepping forward with a practical, […]
