# Organisers of the national dialogue say they are keeping costs low for the first national convention, with venues, transport, and services provided by the University of South Africa in Pretoria and other partners at no cost. The National Economic Development and Labour Council and the Presidency’s budgets cover the event’s main expenses. The convention’s […]
# Die eerste nasionale konvensie van die Nasionale Dialoog vind Vrydag en Saterdag by die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika in Pretoria plaas. Een-duisend afgevaardigdes vanaf meer as 30 sektore sal die geleentheid bywoon om landwye gemeenskaps- en sektorbesprekings af te skop. ‘n Stuurkomitee sal gevorm word om die proses te lei. Lid van die organiseringskomitee van […]
# Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia is besorg dat Operasie Dudula en ander xenofobiese groepe steeds toegelaat word om buitelandse burgers te keer om na staatshospitale te gaan. Woordvoerder Dorothia Mabelebele sê dit volg nadat drie vroue by die Lillian Ngoyi-kliniek in Diepkloof, Soweto, in hegtenis geneem is omdat hulle aangedring het op identiteitsdokumente om pasiënte […]
# Soccer: Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki says Bafana Bafana will approach today’s African Nations Championship group clash against Guinea in Kampala, Uganda, with respect and caution. After a 1-all draw with Algeria, South Africa needs a win to stay in contention. Ntseki warns of Guinea’s aerial strength and dangerous attackers. Guinea, beaten 3-nill by […]
# The first national convention of the national dialogue will take place at the University of South Africa in Pretoria on Friday and Saturday. The event will bring together one-thousand delegates from more than 30 sectors to launch nationwide community and sectoral discussions. A steering committee will be formed to guide the process. The national […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority in the Western Cape has welcomed the sentencing of Ferdinand Fortuin to five years’ direct imprisonment by the Bellville Regional Court, in Cape Town. This after he contacted the police, telling them that he had planted bombs at the Department of Water and Sanitation, Transnet Offices, and the Bellville taxi […]
# ActionSA condemns, what it calls, attempts to discredit the corruption-busting legacy of former mayor Herman Mashaba and the Group Forensic and Investigation Services, which probed over six-thousand cases worth 35-billion-rand. The party criticises former mayor Thapelo Amad’s witch-hunt, which has already cost 12-million-rand and could reach 40-million-rand, with no progress or reports produced. ActionSA’s […]
# Researchers from Stellenbosch University have developed a South African version of an augmentative and alternative communication tool for Afrikaans-speaking children with speech challenges. It includes pictures or symbols that children can point to. Partnering with Tobii Dynavox, the team adapted symbols and words to reflect local realities. Project leader Juan Bornman says it’s about giving […]
# Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia says it is concerned about the ongoing blocking of foreign nationals to access public health facilities by Operation Dudula and other xenophobic groups. Kopanang Africa spokesperson, Dorothia Mabelebele says this followed, the arrest of three women at Lillian Ngoyi Clinic in Diepkloof, Soweto for demanding identity documents form patients to […]
