Publisher

Tshwane is committed to transformation. This and other positive messages emerged when Executive Mayor Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa delivered his State of the City Address recently.

Working together with its citizens has proved to be a recipe for success for the City of Johannesburg.

South Africans’ awareness of global issues allows millions of us to speak confidently and interestingly of events unfolding in places such as Syria, Turkey, the United States or India (especially now that the IPL cricket contest is under way in that country).

The President has outlined the steps that government has taken to ensure that South Africa's youth are given enough tools to enable them to contribute to growing the economy.

For the first time in the history of road accident compensation in South Africa, the proposed new Road Accident Benefit Scheme Administrator (RABSA), as envisaged in the Road Accident Fund Benefit Scheme Bill published in Government Gazette No. 37612 on 9 May 2014, will offer benefits based on social security principles.

When Aphiwe Cengimbo (24) matriculated in 2011, what he knew for sure was that he wanted to be in the media and digital industry.

The Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED) and its agency Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) in partnership with Pick n Pay (PnP) are changing the way of doing business in townships. 

As part of revitalising township economies, the GDED, GEP and PnP have partnered to empower spaza shops and help grow their businesses.

The partnership involves spaza shops in townships buying stock from PnP in bulk and selling in townships using PnP’s model, infrastructure, corporate branding and pricing.

More than 100 informal traders have been empowered with skills to run their businesses efficiently and manage their finances.

Sports, arts, culture

The future looks bright for twin Thubelihle and Sphumelele Shamase (14) from Waterloo KwaZulu-Natal. This after the pair were chosen to be part of the Under 15 girl soccer team that will represent eThekwini Municipality and Africa in the One Nation Cup tournament in Germany end of May.

 President Jacob Zuma says government is working hard to protect South Africans against the effects of the negative global economic downturn on the local economy.