Author: Malebogo Putu
President Jacob Zuma has tendered his resignation as the head of State in the Republic of South Africa after nine years in office. The President addressed the nation in a live broadcast on Wednesday night that had generated keen domestic and international interest. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the governing African National Congress (ANC)
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development yesterday rejected the extension of the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract. The South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa) CEO, Ms Pearl Bhengu in briefing the Committee on the implementation of the Constitutional Court order, explained to the Committee why Sassa wanted to extend the contract. She said the contract
The Democratic Alliance Youth in North West is deeply concerned about the health and safety of learners at the Boitumelo Primary School in Bethel near Mafikeng and has therefore written to the MEC for Education Sello Lehari to urgently investigate the dire circumstances at the school. The total collapse of the infrastructure is unsafe and
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Port St Johns welcomes the decision to look into the irregular appointment of the current Municipal Manager, Ngamela Pakade. Proper recruitment processes, as set out in section 54A(4) of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 as amended, were not followed when the MM was appointed. The post must be advertised
Thank you Mr President, and thanks to SRSG Toure and the other briefers for sharing their views and insights. The situation in Guinea Bissau is concerning. It is not the first country in the world to experience a political impasse. But it is a country still emerging from serious instability and violence in its recent
Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad has today attributed the NotPetya cyber-attack to the Russian Government. The decision to publicly attribute this incident underlines the fact that the UK and its allies will not tolerate malicious cyber activity. The attack masqueraded as a criminal enterprise but its purpose was principally to disrupt. Primary targets were Ukrainian
SAG-AFTRA Saturday; February 10th released a Code of Conduct on Sexual Harassment as part of a broader program to protect its members and to confront harassment and advance equity in the workplace. Leading with a Call to Action to its 160,000 members and the entertainment, music and media industries, the Code defines sexual harassment and details what
The South African U17 Women’s National Team (Bantwana), is back in camp to prepare for the second leg of their 2nd and final round of the 2018 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. Bantwana held their first training session in wet conditions at the Nike Training Centre in Pimville, Soweto. South Africa travel to Morocco to