# The Department of Social Development has warned against illegal treatment centres endangering vulnerable lives. This comes as South Africa joins the world in marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse in Standerton, Mpumalanga. The department says that Standerton, a known drug trafficking hotspot, has seen major drug busts in recent months. The department urges […]
# Die premier van KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, sê jeugwerkloosheid in die provinsie is steeds ‘n uitdaging. Ntuli het ‘n openbare-privaat vennootskap met MTN aangekondig om digitale toegang te bevorder deur 130 nuwe 4G- en 5G-torings, veral in landelike gebiede, op te rig. Die sluit gratis 5G by klinieke, howe en biblioteke in. Die premier sê […]
# The 2025 Tracking Social Development Goal 7 report says that nearly 92-percent of the world’s population now has basic electricity access, but 666-million people remain without it. Despite progress, the report states that the current pace is too slow to achieve universal access by 2030. Financing shortfalls and regional disparities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het Andrew Whitfield van die DA as adjunkminister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging verwyder. Dit volg na toenemende bespiegeling omtrent ‘n kabinet-skommeling, wat na vermoede gekoppel is aan die omstredenheid rondom die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, se hantering van […]
# Die Kabinet sê die 70ste herdenking van die Vryheidsmanifes dien as ‘n herinnering van die land se lang stryd vir ‘n vrye, gelyke en regverdige samelewing. Die Manifes wat op 26 Junie 1955 in Kliptown aangeneem is, het die grondslag vir die land se demokrasie gelê. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, het […]
# Electricity and Energy deputy minister, Samantha Graham-Maré, says skills development is vital to the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan. Graham-Maré says the plan aims to create 25-thousand jobs by 2030 through industrialisation and training. The minister says a key initiative is the Energy and Water Sector Education Training Authority’s PowerUp platform, developed with GreenCape […]
# China was vandag gasheer vir ʼn vergadering van die Ministers van Verdediging van Iran en Rusland in Qingdao, teen die agtergrond van oorlog in die Midde-Ooste en ʼn spitsberaad van NAVO-lande wat ingestem het om militêre besteding te verhoog. Beijing probeer al jare om die 10-lid Sjanghai-samewerkingsorganisasie as ʼn teenwig tot magsblokke wat deur […]
# The Cabinet says the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter serves as a reminder of South Africa’s long struggle for a free, equal, and just society. Adopted on 26 June 1955 in Kliptown, the charter laid the foundation for the country’s democracy. The minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told the media the document […]
# Rugby: Western Force se afrigter, Simon Cron, moedig sy span aan om die geleentheid aan te gryp wanneer hulle Saterdag teen die Britse en Ierse Leeus te staan kom. Cron het ses Wallabies in sy opdrafspan ingesluit. Die ervare skrumskakel Nic White is kaptein nadat hy saam met Nick Champion de Crespigny, Dylan Pietsch, […]
