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Are your children cyber safe?

When people use the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post text or images intended to hurt, intimidate or embarrass another person – this is cyberbullying.

It can be a painful experience, especially when it affects school learners who are also using technology and social media to communicate with friends and family.

GBV is everyone’s business

All South Africans must respond to Gender- Based Violence (GBV) and femicide.

In 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa took a stand against this scourge by hosting the first GBV Summit in South Africa.

This was a platform where all sectors of South Africa which included government, civil society and survivors of GBV where under one umbrella to find solutions on how the country can stop abuse.

Travel smart abroad

Traveling or working abroad can be exciting, but it can also be traumatic if one is faced with an emergency or death. 

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation's (DIRCO) Consular Service has the “Travel Smart” campaign to guide South Africans on what to look out for when visiting or applying for work outside national borders.

SA cuisine goes to Moscow

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) is inviting businesses in the food sector to submit applications to participate in the 2019 World Food Moscow fair in Russia.

The World Food Moscow will be held from 24 to 27 September 2019 in Moscow, Russia.

The World Food Moscow  was established in 1991. It is a major exhibition serving the global food and drinks industry.

Students set to be free from historic debt

The provision of money to pay for historical debt is a welcome relief for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funded university students.

An amount of R967 million has been allocated by the Department of Higher Education and Training for the payment of fees for students owing ‘historical debt’.

The department said the money would assist students who owed fees from the previous year.

Advanced Certificate in Public Administration student Abongile Mbonja said the money will help pay her debt of R37 000.

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