# Electricity and Energy deputy minister Samantha Graham-Maré has praised owners of large public and private buildings that have complied with Energy Performance Certificate requirements. More than ten-thousand buildings have been registered since the programme launched in 2020, with over five-thousand-500 certificates issued. Graham-Maré says the department is verifying registrations and will engage stakeholders to […]
# Suid-Afrika herdenk hierdie maand 50-jaar ná die geskiedkundige jeugopstand van 1976. Die Departement van Vroue, die Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede vra alle sektore om pogings te verskerp en jongmense die middelpunt van ondernemings-ontwikkeling, ekonomiese hervorming en werkskepping te maak. Woordvoerder Cassius Selala sê al het die jeug van 1976 vir politieke vryheid geveg, […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê die verergering van vyandelikhede in Libanon beklemtoon die behoefte aan ‘n diplomatieke oplossing om die geweldpleging te beëindig. Israel en die Irans-gesteunde militantegroep Hizbollah het aanvalle voortgesit ondanks hul aanvaarding van ‘n Amerikaanse plan om vyandelikhede te staak. Sedert Maart is drie-duisend-412 mense dood en meer as tien-duisend beseer. Die […]
# Western Cape Education MEC David Maynier congratulated Zayaan Abdurahman, a Grade 11 learner at Mondale High School who has been selected as one of eight South African learners to visit the Kennedy Space Center in July. She earned her place through the South African Space Design Competition for designing futuristic space settlements. Zayaan says […]
# Western Cape MEC for Mobility Isaac Sileku welcomes the launch of a cashless payment pilot by taxi associations Codeta in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, describing it as a step towards modernising the taxi industry. Commuters on two routes will use digital cards instead of cash to pay fares. Spokesperson Byron la Hoe says Codeta also […]
# Die voedselprodusente-reuse Tiger Brands het sterk finansiële-halfjaar-uitslae aangekondig, aangevuur deur ‘n deurlopende korporatiewe ommeswaai onder uitvoerende hoof, Tjaart Kruger. Die algehele inkomstegroei was 1,3-persent teen 17,9-miljard-rand, hoofsaaklik aangevuur deur volumegroei van 2,6-persent en ‘n prysdaling van 1,3-persent. Tiger Brands oorweeg beperkte en doelgerigte prysverhogings om stygende brandstofkoste en ontwrigtings in internasionale handel te absorbeer. […]
# Die Johannesburgse Eiendomsmaatskappy verwerp bewerings wat die Proton House-skikkingsooreenkoms verbind met politieke ontwikkelinge binne die Stad Johannesburg. Die voormalige burgemeester, Mpho Phalatse, het beweer die skikking was korrup en fondse wat met die saak verband hou, is vir onbehoorlike politieke doeleindes gebruik. Die maatskappy sê die skikking was ‘n wettige kontraktuele besluit en nie […]
# The Department of Home Affairs has decommissioned its SMS application status service after cybercriminals allegedly exploited the platform for phishing and other fraudulent activities. The service previously allowed citizens to check the status of ID and passport applications by sending their ID number via SMS. Home Affairs says applicants now receive automatic updates at […]
# As South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the historic 1976 Youth Uprising this month, The Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Department urges all sectors of society to intensify efforts to place young people at the centre of enterprise development, economic transformation, and job creation. Spokesperson Cassius Selala says while the youth of […]