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North West Education Department in spotlight again
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in North West will lay a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission today over the Department of Education's alleged violation of children’s rights. This follows the party’s visit to Duikerbos Primary School near Delareyville where it discovered that learners were exposed to unhygienic conditions, with…
Nog borge vir Potchefstroom kunstefees benodig
Daar word tans volstoom gewerk om nog borge vir die Potchefstroom Kunstefees te finaliseer, asook om mense aan te stel wat die bestuur van die fees sal hanteer. Aardklop-belanghebbendes se woordvoerder, Japie Gouws se komentaar kom nadat dit gister bevestig is dat die fees van 4 tot 9 Oktober 2016…
Machene Semenya
Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Machene Semenya, says the committee is concerned the agriculture department does not have access to sufficient funding.
Corné Louw – US white maize
Grain SA economist Corné Louw says it is generally difficult for South Africa to import white maize from the USA due to restrictions imposed by GM, or genetically modified maize, legislation:
Inflasiekoers af vir Maart 2016
Die verbruikersprysinflasiekoers vir Maart 2016 is af na 6.3 persent nadat dit in Februarie op sewe persent gestaan het. Die kategorieë wat bygedra het tot die daling is die syfers oor vervoer, met die petrolprys wat bietjie gedaal het, en onderwysinflasie met universiteitstariewe wat vanjaar nie gestyg het nie. Statistiek…
Brangus SA – John Rafferty
Brangus SA Breed Director John Rafferty says the Torch of Hope Tour - being presented in the run-up to the hosting of the World Brangus Congress in the Free State in May - has been an exhilarating experience so far:
Food inflation
Marlene Louw, a food price analyst with the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy says a stronger Rand should alleviate some of the food import cost pressures that we have been experiencing.
ANC bus crash: FS police to complete investigation before charging drivers
Free State police cannot predict how long investigations will take allowing them to formally charge two bus drivers involved in an accident which claimed the lives of 10 ANC members at the weekend. Five men and five women were killed when the bus, which was taking them home from the…
Nonkululeko Mbatha – Imbizo Focus Week
Nonkululeko Mbatha, spokesperson for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Bheki Cele, says Cele emphasised the need for farmers to become active in agro-processing while engaging with communities in the Northern Cape’s Francis Baard Region during an Imbizo Focus Week visit.
Feature: Racism Dialogue
The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality has recently conducted a dialogue on racism in Bloemfontein, in partnership with the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, the Foundation for Human Rights and the Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA). The Anti-Racism Network was also launched in the Free…
Tekens van positiewe groei in toeriste-akkomodasie
Inkomste uit toeriste-akkomodasie het gegroei met ongeveer 15.4 persent in Februarie 2016 vergeleke met dieselfde tyd in 2015. Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste opname oor toeriste akkomodasie vir Februarie 2016 wys ‘n drie persent toename in die getal nagte per verblyfeenheid wat verkoop is. Die tipe akkomodasie wat die hoogste jaar-op-jaar…
Lykskouingsverslag dalk vandag bekend
Die lykskouingsverslag van 'n negejarige seuntjie wie se liggaam die naweek in ‘n verlate steengroef in Barkly-Wes in die Noord-Kaap gevind is, sal na verwagting vandag beskikbaar wees. Gift Makatees se lyk is Vrydagaand deur polisieduikers gevind nadat hy die vorige dag vermis geraak het. Familiewoordvoerder, Malaboga Thetela, het aan…
Little changed five year later in Ficksburg: Rose Tatane
The widow of Andries Tatane, who made international headlines after he was killed by police during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg, says municipal services are still not up to scratch five years after her husband's death. Rose Tatane was speaking after a national bursary fund was launched in commemoration…
Report on possible human rights violations against KhoiSan expected in September
The Northern Cape Education Department is expected to be rapped over the knuckles in a South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report on possible human rights violations against KhoiSan communities. This comes after community members laid several complaints during a series of public hearings, which formed part of a national…
Two foreigners to appear today after R70 million drug bust in NW
Two foreign nationals, one from Tanzania and the other from Zambia, are expected to appear in the Zeerust Magistrate's court this morning after they were found with drugs worth R70 million. The suspects were arrested at the Kopfontein border post in Zeerust yesterday, after the drugs were found in their…
Sadtu to march against Free State Education MEC
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Free State will march against the MEC for Education, Tate Makgoe, this week. Sadtu’s provincial secretary, Makholoane Moloi, says they have already embarked on a ‘work-to-rule’ campaign, since the schools reopened last week for the second term. Moloi says the union…
Feature: Public Hearings in Northern Cape
Cathy Dlodlo spoke to Human Rights Commission Danny Titus about the hearings and the process that is now coming to an end before a report is tabled in parliament later this year…
DA expecting close to 10 000 people to join march to Concourt
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it's expecting close to 10 000 people to join its march to the Constitutional Court today. The official opposition will be demonstrating in Johannesburg to highlight the importance of the landmark Nkandla ruling. The Constitutional Court found both President Jacob Zuma and Parliament violated the…
Free State Sadtu members "have had enough"
Members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Free State say they have had enough of the many issues crippling progress within the department of education. Sadtu’s provincial secretary, Makholoane Moloi, says these include unpaid school subsidies. He says schools which obtain a pass rate of less…
Groot name is bevestig vir die eerste O.R. Tambo Vrystaat Marathon
Van die grootse padwedloop-name sal eerskomende Saterdag deelneem aan die eerste O.R. Tambo Vrystaat Marathon wat in die Bloemfontein plaasvind. Dit is volgens die departmentshoof van die Vrystaatse Departement van Sport, Kuns, Kultuur en Ontspanning, Tsoarelo Malakoane. Die marathon waarborg aan die mans- en vrouewenner van die 42.2km volle marathon…