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First consignment of COVID-19 vaccine
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, will today receive South Africa’s first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine at OR Tambo International Airport. SA to receive first consignment of...
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Educational activities during lockdown
Educational Activities – Lockdown is a difficult time, especially for the youngest members of our families who don’t always understand why they are not able to see their friends or go out on holiday outings. We’ve put together some ways to keep the fun going while...
Communities urged to harvest rain water
The Department of Water and Sanitation has appealed to rural communities, who don’t have access to potable water, to take the opportunity of harvesting rain water during summer to sustain them through dry conditions. Rural communities urged to harvest rain water The...
EVENTS
SA celebrates Freedom Day
Today the country marks two decades since South Africans of all races voted in its first free and fair election in 1994, ushering in a new democratic dispensation. Celebrations are expected to take place countrywide, with the main Freedom Day celebration taking place...
ENVIRONMENT
SA gives Sustainable Development thumbs up
New York – South Africa has endorsed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of bold new Global Goals, President Jacob Zuma told world leaders at the 70th session of the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York, on Sunday. “South Africa...
EDUCATION
Basic Education hard at work
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...
CRIME
Shrien Dewani finally charged
Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani has been formally charged with five counts, including the murder of his wife, Anni Dewani. Dewani arrived at the Cape Town International Airport shortly after 9am on Tuesday morning in a private jet chartered by the Department...
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ARTS & CULTURE
Arts and Culture Job Creation
Cape Town - The Department of Arts and Culture is aiming to create tens of thousands of jobs through its rolling out of 28 heritage projects and with the launch of various new programmes under a new arts strategy, the Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile...
States should communicate funded water projects
Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Dikeledi Magadzi, has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to report regularly and indicate specific funding they receive in order to ensure that member states are conversant of projects that are undertaken....