Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has encouraged applicants of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) R350 grant not to change their bank details frequently because every new account must be verified. “Once your bank details are loaded or updated, please wait for a response from your bank before changing your details. “With regards to […]
South Africa is today joining the global community in commemorating World Mental Health Day to raise awareness of mental health issues around the globe and mobilise efforts in support of mental health. According to the department, 10 October is also an opportunity for all stakeholders in the area of mental health to talk about mental […]
Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has declared that the endorsement of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, doesn’t represent the stance of the Yoruba people. Akeredolu said this while speaking on the topic, “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Business of Nation Building”, […]
Le jeudi 6 octobre a marqué la fin de l’aventure de la première promotion du programme Challenge + Afrique. Les 19 entrepreneurs se sont retrouvés lors du Start-Up Demo Day, cette journée venant ainsi clôturer une année riche sur les bancs d’HEC Paris, où motivation et ambition ont rythmé ces huit mois de formation. Organisé […]
Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi will on Wednesday host the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, who will be on an official visit to South Africa. The visit, taking place from 12-17 October 2022, will include the launch of the Global Action Plan Framework on Informal Settlements and Slums. This is aimed at accelerating […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres play a critical role in laying solid foundations for South Africa’s future leaders. The President was addressing the nation through his weekly newsletter just days after opening the Little Flower ECD centre in Bizana, in the Eastern Cape. The President emphasised that children in these centres […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to ensure that education remains a priority in the common development agenda of countries. As the recently appointed Domestic Financing champion of the Global Partnership for Education, President Akufo-Addo sought the co-operation […]
Mike Igini, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner, speaks on some provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act as regards political campaigns for the 2023 elections in Nigeria. PT: You’ve just retired as Resident Electoral Commissioner, what role should Nigerians expect from you as the country prepares for a crucial election in 2023? Igini: Well, l think […]
The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) has decried Nigeria’s low home ownership rate, saying the country ranks lowest at 25 per cent, especially when compared to Brazil (74 per cent), Kenya (75 per cent), South Africa (70 per cent) and Indonesia (84 per cent). Speaking on the occasion of this year’s World Habitat […]
The Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, Sunday led a massive rally in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The rally, tagged: “Five-Million-Man Walk”, saw APC supporters, including musicians and artistes, defying an early morning downpour to […]
Operators of eight cold stores at the Takyi Yard Cold Stores Enclave in Tema on Friday closed their stores and absconded before officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), undertaking a Value Added Tax (VAT) inspection exercise, arrived at the premises. The VAT invigilation taskforce was in the area to conduct the exercise following an […]
Harare — Zimbabweans cling to hope even after years of silence from loved ones who have disappeared across borders. Blessing Tichagwa can barely remember her mother. Like hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans, Noma Muyambo emigrated to South Africa in search of work, leaving baby Blessing, now 15, behind with her grandmother. The last time they […]
Zamfara State government has donated 199 bags of rice and 97 cows to Qur’anic schools across the state, the state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Dr Tukur Sani Jangebe, has said. Jangebe who was represented by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Sani Nasarawa, at the launching said the donation was a gesture from Governor Bello […]
“The suspect led the police to the forest where the victim’s body was dumped and his already decomposing body was found. The police in Osun on Sunday said it arrested a commercial motorcyclist and three others in connection with the abduction and killing of a traditional chief in Oraigbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun. […]
A rally was recently held in Lagos in support of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The Director General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has mocked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the recent rally held in support of its 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Mr Okupe, in an […]
AS Tanzania joins other countries to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty today, the Tanzania Media for Community Development (TAMCODE) has recommended amendment of the Penal Code to give judges the discretion to hand over life imprisonment sentences instead of the death penalty in capital offences. TAMCODE Executive Director Rose Ngunangwa said in […]
AS businesses are increasingly shifting to online platforms, the government has assured of creating conducive cyberspace environment to protect businesspeople from cyber criminals. In line with this, the Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology (MICIT) stated that efforts were ongoing including strengthening ICT systems and producing more ICT specialists. “We want to make safe […]
THE government has underscored the importance of services being provided by the postal sector, saying it is a major catalyst for improving socio-economic development and fulfillment of aspirations of the nation. Information, Communication and Information Technology Minister, Mr Nape Nnauye, made the remarks in commemoration of World Post Day 2022, marked on Sunday under the […]