The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) had an engagement last night with the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, Agri Letaba and the Limpopo Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance to consider a petition submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in June 2020 by Agri Letaba, an organisation representing the farming community in Tzaneen. […]
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To date, 2 760 deserving and qualifying beneficiaries have moved into their brand-new homes in the Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver. This brings me great joy as it means that more families have remarkably improved living conditions. The Forest Village Housing Development has benefited residents from across the Cape Metropole. 579 of these residents […]
Deputy Minister of Transport, Dikeledi Magadzi, has emphasised the importance on removing structural distortions in economies to enable women and youth empowerment. This as many businesses, especially small businesses, continue to shed jobs to contain costs and stay afloat, with most of these job losses affecting women. “We are asked to respond with urgency to […]
Nairobi — The first candidate who was set to be interviewed for the post of Commissioner of the electoral commission, Abdalla Mohamed, has pulled out of interviews. Mohammed withdrew from the interviews Wednesday after Kenya Methodist University denied awarding him a bachelor’s degree. “Pursuant to Article 47 of the Constitution of Kenya, the Selection Panel […]
When Samia Suluhu ascended the presidency in the wake of the demise of John Pombe Magufuli, I did not exactly wax lyrical over the soft voice and even softer eyes, but I saluted her arrival as should a gentleman who observes protocol and usage. I did call on all Tanzanian patriots to support her in […]
In April, the National Assembly had approved loan request of $1.5billion and €995million for the Buhari administration. The Senate has approved the $6.1 billion loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The $6.1 billion loan request, which is equivalent to about N2.343 trillion, was approved on Wednesday after the Senate considered the report of the Senate […]
The event on July 6, 2021 saw the participation of over 10,000 political party members from across the globe. The Communist Party of China, CPC on July 1, 2021 celebrated its 100th anniversary. The celebration was on July 6, 2021 followed by a World Political Parties’ Summit organised by the CPC through video conference. Amongst […]
“The meeting, which had Governors, distinguished Senators and members of the House of Representatives, discussed so many areas of interest.” The six Southwest governors in the country on Tuesday met with Senators and House of Representatives members from the zone in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the meeting was conveyed […]
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Zimbabwe: RBZ TBs Raise $550m
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) raised $550 million through the latest Treasury Bills (TBs) issuance last week after it issued a one-year paper targeted to raise $1 billion. In a previous issue that was also targeted to raise $1 billion, the central bank raised $650 million. Full subscription to any of these recent issuances […]
Minister Zulu welcomes the Gauteng High Court judgement on re-opening of early childhood development programmes The Minister of Department of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, has studied and welcomes the judgment delivered by the Gauteng Division of the High Court, on 06 July 2020, regarding the re-opening of early childhood development programmes. The Department of […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Senior Advisor for partnerships and resource mobilisation under the Generation Unlimited (GenU) movement, Ms. Nadi Albino, paid a courtesy call on Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, on 02 July 2021. The promotion of youth empowerment through regional programmes so as to help the […]
THE Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Dr Faustine Ndugulile has urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to champion digital solutions that will help addressing society challenges in areas such as health, education and agriculture. He was speaking during the launch of a report on the overview of Digital Ecosystem, Emerging and Applied Technologies on NGOs in […]
TANZANIA is finalizing plans of being part of the East African Community (EAC) roaming framework. In an interview with ‘Daily News’ yesterday, the Director of Communications Services at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Clarence Ichekweleza assured that the country would join the framework before September this year. According to Engineer Ichekelezwa, Tanzania […]
The City of Cape Town and Discovery Health on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre mass Vaccination Centre of Hope to check on its preparation ahead of its activation today. Between July and December this year, this mass vaccination centre is expected to administer over 750 000 vaccinations in […]
The United States’ (US) Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) enforcement division are joining forces to fight tax and economic crimes affecting the two countries. The two agencies on Tuesday said they are working together to identify, investigate and bring to justice criminals with a nexus to […]
Former Commissioner for Budget, Planning and Development in Edo State, Hon. Lawrence Aghedo, has ushered in a new dawn in his local community of Iselu-Ewohinmi with a landmark power project that proves a watershed moment, and long-sought relief, for the protection of lives and properties and extension of business hours. The former Commissioner, who boasts […]
Our country is being sold to the highest bidder. It is the poor and Covid-affected citizens of South Africa who are footing the bill for corruption. When will it end? Is there even a possibility of an end if the governing party continues to be the government of the day? The answer is a sorrowful […]
The lawmaker says that the call became necessary because the schools were more important than the viewing centres. The Katsina state House of Assembly has begun the process of converting all Television viewing centres across the state’s 34 Local Government Areas into state Islamic Schools. The assembly commenced the process on Tuesday following a joint […]