March 26, 2015

Committee to Look At Abuse in Foster Homes

The Department of Social Development has appointed a committee to look at the abuse of children placed in foster care, Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Wednesday. Addressing social work practitioners at the National Social Work Indaba, Minister Dlamini said there were issues that needed attention with regards to foster care,

Zayn Malik Leaves One Direction Ahead of SA Tour [press release]

After five incredible years Zayn Malik has decided to leave One Direction. Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis will continue as a four-piece and look forward to the forthcoming concerts of their world tour and recording their fifth album, due to be released later this year. Zayn says: “My life with

TB – When Adherence Matters

A little black pot and a stainless steel kettle rest on a two-plate electric stove in a small poorly ventilated room. It is 10 in the morning and Primrose Dzangare of Jo’burg Lines in Mbare is preparing breakfast for her husband Lucky. Lucky has not been well for sometime and

NSC Report On Seibeb's Suspension Out Next Week

It has been almost two months now since Namibia’s cycling sensation and crowd-favourite Costa Seibeb was unfairly suspended from representing his native land by a kangaroo court masterminded by the top brass of the Namibia Cycling Federation (NCF), but still no serious progress is forthcoming from the relevant authorities. The

Zambian Minister of Education South African Satellite Project

This week Zambia’s Minister of Education Michael Kaingu made a visit to the planned site of the leading scientific research facility in South Africa, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The Honourable Minister Kaingu’s visit to the site relates to an agreement to allow Zambian scientists, researchers, and students access to

Dynamos Skipper in Wits Trials

DYNAMOS captain Augustine Mbara is the latest Zimbabwean to try his luck in the cash-rich Absa Premiership after being invited for trials by Bidvest Wits. Mbara was appointed captain by new coach David Mandigora, taking over from the retired Murape Murape. The player’s agent, Gibson Mahachi, confirmed the new developments.

Decline in BRICS Tourism a Cause for Visa Regulation Rethink [press release]

I will today write to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, Beatrice Ngcobo, calling for her to urgently summon the management of SA Tourism to present its plan to mitigate the decline of tourists from BRICS nations due to the stringent and draconian visa regulations. STATS SA tourism

Statement on the Removal of Rhodes Statue from Rehad Desai [press release]

The fight over the removal Rhodes statue carries meaning through to today. Rhodes stood for the untrammelled exploitation of South Africa and the wider continents resources for the interests of the few. He with others established the architecture for a political economy that stretched across Southern Africa. A system designed

Entrepreneur Commends Growth of E-Commerce in Nigeria

An entrepreneur, Mr. Tonye Cole, has said the eradication of traditional barriers to start-ups through continuing growth of information and communications technology platforms has given impetus to the growth of e-commerce in Nigeria. He described the development as a huge step for entrepreneurship, while speaking on several issues on a

Entertainment Industry Lacks Strategy to Win Biggest Conservation Film

News on the movie Africa is that Brad Pitt is currently negotiating to play Richard Leakey on the movie that is based on Leakey’s efforts to stop ivory poaching in the 1980s. It is scheduled for release next year. The probability is enticing in that his wife Angelina Jolie is

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