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• Tokyo Sexwale • Local Government Election date set - President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced 27th of October 2021 as the date for the local government elections. This will be the sixth time in a democratic South Africa that voters will elect leadership and public representatives at metropolitan, district and local government level. The Economic Freedom Fighters – among others – have called for t...

Tamela is a black owned and managed investment, corporate finance advisory and fund management company which was founded by Sydney Mhlarhi and Vusi Mahlangu in 2008. Tamela’s origin dates back to 2005 when Sydney Mhlarhi and Vusi Mahlangu left Standard Bank and Investec Bank respectively to launch their own investment company, Tamela Group, now the holding company of Tamela. Name: [•Sydney Mhlarhi...

Asante Tech Solutions is an information communications technology company offering modified marketing and systems development solutions. Headed by its founder Muhle Ndalwane who is responsible for overseeing the company's business operations, the company offers brand development Web Development, Digital Marketing, Social Media Management and Drone Technology Name: [• Muhle Ndalwane ] Position at o...

Every year, on the 22nd of April Earth Day is observed across the globe and people and major stakeholders take part in civic activities and work towards raising awareness about critical issues that the Earth is facing. The theme this year is "Restore Our Earth" and its focus is on natural processes, emerging green technologies and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems. Global...

Understanding what Sankaraism is about and the ideology can still save Africa When Thomas sankara assumed political office in Burkina Faso, he introduced political humbleness by selling all luxury cars used by politicians. He declared that the resources of Burkina Faso belonged to the people. The ideology of sankaraism was his birth child. Name: [• David Letsoalo] Position at organisation: [• Law...

Lawson Naidoo is the Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), an organisation committed to the principles of progressive constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law. He has worked as a strategic political consultant focusing on the spheres of anti-corruption and good governance. He is a regular media commentator on constitutional and le...

Burnout has always been highly prevalent in healthcare settings and studies show that 40% of South African healthcare workers across the spectrum have suffered from burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Title: [• Prof. (Mr)] Name: [• Bonga Chiliza] Position at organisation: [• Head of Psychiatry at UKZN]

Education in South Africa and around the world is recognised as a key instrument in human capital development. The more educated people are, the more likely are their chances for employment and jobs with good working conditions – well in an ideal world that’s how it should be. Title: [• Prof (Ms)] Name: [• Lauren Graham] Position at organisation: [• Associate professor | Centre for Social Developm...

1. #CharlotteMaxekeFire 2. #ZondoCommissionBreakIn 3. #CapeTownFire 4. #VaccineDebacle Title: [• Dr. (Mr)] Name: [• Moorosi Leshwele] Position at organisation: [• Researcher, analyst and post-grad fellow | Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies]

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has written to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services to get clarity on allegations that the department has reneged on employing over 2-thousand fully trained corrections graduates. Holomisa says he was approached by representatives of graduates who completed the Correctional Services Learnership pro...

Almost 20 000 people have joined the Friends of the IRR to stop the abuse and turn South Africa around under the #StopCitizenAbuse campaign. According to the IRR, families are paying more than half of their income to the state and these taxes are crippling South African businesses and families even as much of what is paid gets stolen through corruption. Name: [• Amy-Claire Morton] Position at orga...

When taking a peek at reality in our education sector, it’s visible that internet connectivity has become the blood flow of education and even safe to say that it is almost impossible to learn fully without internet connectivity. The modern world has fostered a situation whereby there is a high need of relying on the internet. For the ones that don’t have internet connections, their progress remai...

We’ve seen a number of people online saying that they’re unable to find tomatoes and some even saying there’s a shortage of cauliflower, but what could be the reason? It is, in fact, all that rain we’ve been having! One would think that with all the rain we’ve been having, fruit and vegetables will be in ample supply… Name: [• Clive Garret ] Position at organisation: [• Marketing Manager | ZZ2 ]

Immediate technical deployment will be directed to Mozambique to aid its fight against the insurgency in its northern region of Cabo Delgado. This is a resolution for the SADC Double Troika Summit held in Maputo, Mozambique, yesterday. The meeting which was convened to discuss the ongoing security challenges also expressed concern on the impact the terrorism is having on the people of that region....

Nontsikelelo Jiyane is an admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court, who completed her degree at the University of Witwatersrand in 2015. She was born in Diepkloof Soweto and previously, she was a director of a consulting firm Leverage and Trust Estate Administrators. She is also a Director of STAN Enterprises, which is another 100% female initiative which seeks to empower in non-professional...

Title: [• Mr.] Name: [• sicelo Msi ] Position at organisation: [• CEO | Cecilia Makiwane Hospital ]

Title: [• Mr.] Name: [• Sysman Motloung] Position at organisation: [• Political Science Lecturer at the North West University ]

The management of disability in post-school education remains fragmented and separate to that of existing transformation and diversity programmes at the institutional level. Technical and Vocational Education and Training [TVET] colleges in particular lack the capacity, or even the policies, to cater for students and staff with disabilities. Title: [• Mr] Name: [• Mustafa Lasiti] Position at organ...

Telecel Group, in collaboration with Startupbootcamp AfriTech, has launched the ASIP Accelerator Program - a three-month virtual initiative aimed at helping disruptive Pan-African tech startups scale. Ten startups will be selected to participate in the Program that will give them access to expert-led masterclasses covering scaling fundamentals – from the business model canvas, and lean methodology...

It took nearly a year for the right wing to overcome the huge physical and psychological defeat inflicted on them by the March 1992 referendum, and a period of relative inactivity lasted for just under a year after the polling. However, a dramatic event which took place on Easter Saturday 1993 was to jolt the entire right wing back into activity and once again placed them at the top of the politic...

More than three quarters of township entrepreneurs suffered a blow during Lockdown stages caused by COVID-19 in South Africa, with lack of income, businesses closing down and facing struggles to maintain a normal lifestyle under the abnormal circumstances. Title: [• Mr] Name: [• Bulelani Balabala ] Position at organisation: [• Spokesperson | Township Entrepreneur’s Alliance (TEA)]

Maduwa Paint World is a registered paint manufacturing company specialising in manufacturing decorative, industrial and floor paints supplying it across South Africa. The business currently employs 15 permanent workers and over 35 contract workers. It was started by Rodney Maduwa who was born and raised in the far north of the Limpopo province in a village called Ha-Maduwa in Venda. Rodney always...

Like any other sector within the economy of South Africa, the real estate and property sector is constantly challenged and it always emerges that issues around ethics and credibility are intertwined, thus affecting business confidence. Founder and Principal at real estate agency Snooks Estates, Matseleng Mogodi says she has found that real estate agencies continue to face challenges of ethics and...

Let’s have a conversation about commemorations and how the history of our struggle icons is being manipulated to get political support… This comes after yesterday’s commemoration of the death of Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu and this afternoon’s commemoration of what would have been Charlotte Maxeke’s 150th birthday. Title: [• Ms] Name: [• Tessa Dooms] Position at organisation: [• Political Analyst]

Mr. Ntokozo Thusi is a former Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) student who joined the SOMAFCO Trust in 2010. He headed the relationship between the SOMAFCO Trust and its then anchor partner, the Independent Development Trust (IDT). He is now the Acting Head of the SOMAFCO Trust and is currently steering the organization. Name: [• Ntokozo Thusi] Position at organisation: [• Acting head of...