Orna Non-Conformist Conservation Activist – Big 5 You have to take action to make a difference. The key to successful campaigning, is taking action and longevity. Anybody can do an expose’ and it goes away & everyone ‘thinks’ it’s cured. The important thing is to keep it out there in … [Read more...]

Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department is hard at work to improve support services and the way the curriculum is delivered in public, special and ordinary schools. Basic Education for All The Minister hosted a Ministerial Roundtable on Disability in Pretoria on Monday as part of … [Read more...]

Durban – KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education, Senzo Mchunu, has rejected as “false” media reports suggesting that the School Nutrition Programme would discontinue as a result of a court action by certain service providers. The MEC’s spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi told SAnews that some 81 service providers took the Department … [Read more...]

Pretoria – The Department of Science and Technology, in partnership with BMW South Africa, has donated a BMW 3 series educational display vehicle to the University of Zululand’s Science Centre in Richards Bay. Science and Technology Deputy Minister Michael Masutha handed over the third educational display car on … [Read more...]

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on young people to be educated and to be innovative in order to achieve economic freedom in their lifetime. Speaking at a youth dialogue hosted by the South African Youth Council – an umbrella body for all youth organisations in South Africa – in Mfuleni near … [Read more...]

National and provincial government leaders have this morning visited schools across the country to assess the state of readiness for the new school year and to wish learners well for 2016. This is part of the Back-to-School campaign to ensure that teaching and learning commence in all schools. Deputy President Cyril … [Read more...]

Durban – KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has announced the appointment of the current Provincial Legislature Speaker, Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni, as the new MEC for Education. The move follows the elevation last month of the then Education MEC Senzo Mchunu to the position of premier of the province. Speaking to … [Read more...]

The KwaZulu-Natal government, which has spent over R1.5 billion on bursaries in the last five years, will continue to ensure that youth development programmes reach all youths in the province, says Premier Senzo Mchunu. “The accumulative number of students that have benefited from the bursary programme over the past … [Read more...]

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has signed a R90-million long-term loan to help the Durban University of Technology (DUT) construct a new student village. The student village will create an additional 804 student beds, which will enable DUT to relocate students living off campus. The shortage of … [Read more...]

Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says to get the country on a path of better growth, all sectors of the economy should work with government in a manner that promotes inclusive growth. Economy through inclusive growth The Minister said this when he briefed the joint Standing Committees on Appropriations and … [Read more...]