LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S COMPENSATION FUND HEAD TO EASTERN CAPE
The Compensation Fund has been engaging various sectors in different provinces with the intention to enforce Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) compliance. On the 11-12 and 14 August 2026, the Fund will be in East London, Eastern Cape Province to engage Organised Labour, stakeholders in the Hospitality Sector, and Local Government and […]
LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S COMPENSATION FUND CONTINUES HOSTING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS IN EASTERN CAPE
The Department of Employment and Labour’s Compensation Fund will host the Local Government & Supplier and Medical Service Providers (MSP) Workshops on the 27-28 July 2026 in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province. The Compensation Fund held similar engagements recently in Mpumalanga province. The objectives of these engagements are to enhance Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases […]
SOUTH AFRICA RESUMES LOCAL FMD VACCINE PRODUCTION
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Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen today visited the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (OVR), where the President and CEO of the ARC, Dr Magingxa, handed over the first batch of locally produced Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines in over 20 years. This milestone signals a shift from reactionary disease chasing to a […]
HERE TO STAY: MOTHER TONGUE BILINGUAL LEARNING REINFORCED AS A SILVER BULLET TO SOLVE SA’S DIRE LITERACY CRISIS
2025 has been a watershed year for South Africa’s Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTbBE) “equaliser” policy. It has also been the year that confirmed the country’s severe literacy crisis. Casting a shadow on South Africa’s ability to achieve its 2030 goal that all 10-year-olds will be able to read for meaning, last week’s release of […]
CURRENT POLITICAL BICKERING MISSES STEVE BIKO’S HISTORIC MISSION TO UNITE LIBERATION FORCES
From his arrest at a roadblock with Peter Jones, on August 18, 1977 in Grahamstown, Steve Biko was on a mission he described as forming one liberation movement. That was the last detention that Biko, the founding father of Black Consciousness, would be seen alive. He would only emerge weeks later when his mortal remains […]
UN IN SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR EASTERN CAPE FLOODS
The United Nations in South Africa expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families and communities affected by the devastating floods that have swept across parts of the Eastern Cape, tragically claiming many lives, destroying schools and displacing hundreds. On behalf of the United Nations Country Team, the UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Nelson Muffuh, extends deepest […]
A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE COL DANIEL “TOUCH” KGWETE
This is my final salute to an officer and a gentleman, a dear friend, comrade and colleague. The Early Days A Freedom Fighter, a Journalist, a Legal Mind and an Air Force Officer, Maokeng Daniel Kgwete (best known as Zetkin ‘Touch’ Nokwe in uMkhonto weSizwe [MK]), passed away on 29 April 2025 after a short […]
PRESIDENCY MOURNS KILLING OF EASTERN CAPE COMMUNITY PATROLLERS
President Cyril Ramaphosa is saddened by the killing of six community patrollers in Tina Falls/Godini near Qumbu in the Eastern Cape late on Sunday night, 06 October 2024. The patrollers were reportedly preparing for duty at their base at Lugongozo Senior Secondary School when attackers struck with an assortment of firearms. Six patrollers lost their […]