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Unemployment grant requirements
The Department of Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, addressed the media on Wednesday in Pretoria, explaining the requirements for qualifying applicants that will be paid…
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Tertiary institutions roll out their online learning programme
The Covid-19 pandemic has halted all learning institutions from carrying out their mandate and continuing with their academic curriculum since the beginning of the national…
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Many domestic workers won’t benefit from UIF help
Thousands of domestic workers in the Northern Cape will not benefit from government’s Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme. As one the most vulnerable workers in the labour…
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Temporary measures for visas
After the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa announced the extension of the national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Temporary measures for visas were…
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Nationwide lockdown extended to April 30th
On Thursday the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the national lockdown was to be extended for another two weeks. This comes after the National Coronavirus…
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President Ramaphosa is yet to decide on whether the lock down will be extended
President Cyril Ramaphosa is still undecided on whether the lock down should be extended. However, the statistics over the next few days should be an indication of how successful…
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Minister allocates relief funds
Nathi Mthethwa, minister of Sports, Arts & Culture has come to the fore and mobilized funds for athletes and artists amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The criteria for accessing…
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Sol Plaatje provide water tanks to residents
Forty Water Tanks were distributed by the Sol Plaatje Municipality to vulnerable communities within the municipal area. According to the executive mayor's office more water tanks…
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Repo rate cut by 1%
The South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced that the Repo Rate is going down from 6.25% to 5.25%. The prime interest rate drops from 9.75% to…
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Alcohol outlets to close at 6pm
In a fight against Corona Virus preventative measures have been put in place to avoid escalation of the disaster in a government Gazette. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma signed the…
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Coronavirus cases rise overnight
South Africa now has 116 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
“This means that there has been an increase of 31 new cases from yesterday’s announcement,” said the Health…
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Covid-19 causes panic
Covid-19 was declared a national disaster by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday evening due to the increasing amount of cases in the country, which are currently at 62.
Drastic…
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SONA 2020 in numbers
Anniversary
• 30 – years since Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out of the gates of Victor Verster Prison.
Education
• 2.4 million – children in Early Childhood Development and…
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Too Much Reliance on Private Sector for Investments – COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has reacted mainly positively to the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa. In a carefully penned…
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SONA Creates Hope for the People
ESKOM and load shedding
According to President Ramaphosa extra grid capacity will be developed from renewable energy, natural gas, hydro power, battery storage and coal by giving…
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Mayor Calls for Order
The executive mayor Patrick Mabilo held a special meeting with his mayoral committee, acting municipality manager and senior executives of the municipality at the city hall. The…
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Hulana Park gets a facelift
The Executive Mayor of Sol Plaatje, Mr. Patrick Mabilo launched the revamped Kekana Park (most commonly known as Hulana park). The park suffered tremendous vandalism over the years…
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Early childhood development in trouble
The South African Early Childhood Review released by Ilifa Labantwana last month found that there are 2.5 million young children from age three to five living in households below…
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Clean up and recycling week takes off
Coca Cola Beverages collaborated with the Department of Environmental Affairs and handed out cold drinks in exchange for empty plastic bottles at the Greenpoint park on Tuesday.…
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Economic Development and Tourism Budget
The Department of Economic Development and Tourism gave a review of what they had achieved in the last financial year with hopes of making improvements this year.
107 businesses…
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Information center blues
Whilst an information center is supposed to be the first point of access for tourists and travelers coming and passing through the town, Kimberley Information Center does the exact…
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DEDAT’S cleanup campaign
The Department of Economic Development and Tourism held a stakeholders session with the aim of specifically dealing with the deliberate dumping by residents which in turn makes it…
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Black Thursdays at Premier’s office
The employees of the Premier's office held a black Thursday in honour of all those who have died in the hands of their abusers. What was meant to be a mourning time, turned out to…
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Department of Health – budget vote speech breakdown
As per their budget vote speech, the Department of Health in the province has set out to achieve new goals and standards so as to better the health care system, that has failed…
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