Training for the workplace: A giant leap forward

Read More Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Dr Blade Nzimande The new Occupational Qualifications properly link with both the needs of Industry and the conventions required by Education and Training Institutions Dramatic changes are taking place in the field of education and training for the workplace, and these changes begin (but certainly don’t […]

Enjoy some of the best during Restaurant Week

Read More Must-do venues: Johannesburg’s Zioux Luxury Cocktail Bar, Hacienda in the centre of Cape Town, Chinchilla Rooftop Bar also in the Mother City and 14 on Chartwell, Durban. Photo: Supplied Tis the season to indulge, with the Easter holidays just around the corner, and as Restaurant Week South Africa is upon us. What better […]

Climate change sees Zimbabweans shift to hilltop farming

Read More The soil will soon deplete, and deforestation means flash floods and mudslides will occur. (Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images) His forefathers farmed downhill, but three generations later, after droughts and repeated crop failures, Gibson Mudarikwa broke with the tradition. He and his family clambered up a nearby mountain, chopped down its magnificent […]

Rand Water Medical Scheme requests bids

Read More Benefit Funds Procurement Rand Water Medical Scheme invites all prospective and suitably qualified service providers to participate in the bidding for the following project for the Rand Water Medical Scheme:   Request for proposal for the provision of 24-Hour Emergency Services at Rand Water Medical Scheme for 36 Months – Re-Advert Bidders who had […]

Tory MPs push to toughen migration bill as rights chief sounds alarm

Read More Ministers appear poised to give way to Conservative MPs by removing more safeguards from the illegal migration bill, as the European rights watchdog warned that the proposals even as they stand risk being incompatible with international law. After days of discussions between ministers and Tory backbenchers, up to 60 of whom are said […]

Humza Yousaf elected leader of Scottish National party

Read More Humza Yousaf has been elected the first minority ethnic leader of the Scottish National party, in a narrow victory that will force him to confront deep divisions within the party. He is almost certain to be confirmed as Scotland’s next first minister after the Scottish Greens said they would back his nomination on […]

Israel: Netanyahu announces delay to judicial overhaul plan

Read More Israel’s embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced a delay to his far-right government’s proposals to overhaul the judiciary after 12 weeks of escalating political crisis. Netanyahu said on Monday he would delay his flagship judicial changes to the next parliamentary session, saying he wanted to give time to seek a compromise over […]

Three children and three adults killed in Nashville elementary school shooting

Read More Three children and three adults were killed by an attacker who carried two assault-style weapons and a pistol into an elementary school in Nashville on Monday, police said. Officers shot and killed the attacker at the Covenant School, attached to the Covenant Presbyterian church in the Tennessee state capital. Lamenting the “heartbreaking” attack, […]

Doreen Lawrence claims Daily Mail hired investigators to hack her phone

Read More Doreen Lawrence has claimed the Daily Mail hired private investigators to hack her phone and obtain information on her murdered son, potentially disrupting the police investigation into the racially motivated killing. Lady Lawrence now believes she “failed her murdered son” by trusting the Daily Mail during the 1990s, claiming the news outlet only […]