South Africa’s unemployment rate eased to 24.7% in the third quarter of 2013, down from 25.6% in the second quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday 29 October. “The unemployment rate decreased by 0.9% of a percentage point Read the full story
The 2013 National Senior Certificate Examination has continued into the second day without any compromise. This morning 148,374 full time and 21,406 part time learners sat to write the Accounting Examination which went off without a glitch. The only incident Read the full story
Election officials will accept three forms of official identification to register and vote in the next year’s national and provincial elections. These are the green bar-coded ID book, a valid temporary identity certificate (TIC) and the new smartcard ID. In Read the full story
On Thursday 24 October 2013, Qhubeka and World Vision launched the Bicycle Education Empowerment Programme (BEEP) in South Africa, with the handover of the first 250 bicycles to the children of the Mbekweni community in Paarl in the Western Cape. Read the full story
In striving to promote and entrench an inclusive economy in the City; the City remains sensitive to the plight of the poor while actively recognising the need to protect those who operate in this space of our economy legally. As Read the full story
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Clr Mpho Parks Tau, will kick start a public consultation process on parking management on small nodes around City of Joburg. A consultation meeting with various stakeholders will take place Read the full story
An alternative asphalt supplier will ensure the resumption of the resurfacing of roads repairs to Jan Smuts Avenue from today (Tuesday 29 October 2013), subject to weather conditions. Johannesburg Roads Agency’s (JRA) Asphalt Plant was struck by lightning on 19th Read the full story
The first day of the 2013 National Senior Certificate Examination went off without a hitch on the morning of Monday 28 October 2013 as Learners sat and wrote their first English Home Language and First Additional Language in the morning Read the full story
Building houses without schools, clinics, police stations, recreational activities and an adequate transport system is “unacceptable”. Launching the Integrated Urban Development Framework in Boksburg on Friday 25 October , Human Settlements Deputy Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks said the government also can Read the full story
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) would like to assure all parents and matriculants that it is all systems go for the year-end 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations for Grade 12. The 2013 NSC examinations will start on 28 Read the full story