For many decades, sport has been used as a unifier in South Africa. Like, nothing else, it has shown it has the power to heal old wounds. Many remember when the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup on home turf in 1995 during the height of racial tensions in South Africa. But when Nelson Mandela [...]Sport to curb drug abuse, motivate youth is a post from: Time-4-Sport


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At the beginning of this year, President Jacob Zuma boldly declared 2015 as the Year of the Freedom Charter and Unity in Action. He called on all sectors of society to embrace the Freedom Charter; this year marks the 60th anniversary of the historic document, which was penned in Kliptown, Soweto, in 1955.

As we celebrate Youth Month, it is worthwhile to remember the calls espoused in the Freedom Charter - in particular that young people deserve better educational and economic opportunities. Indeed, we should ensure that the aspirations of our youth to have access to opportunities, better education and freedom of choice, as demanded in the Freedom Charter.

We should also take forward the charters vision that South Africa belongs to all who live it. This vision is now a reality; our democracy stands firm and is safeguarded by the Constitution.

However, democracy without progress rings hollow. Therefore it is incumbent on all of us to push for our country’s development.

Government, entrepreneurs, youth leaders and youth organisations need to work together and implement policies that will build the South Africa we want. Those policies and recommendations are spelt out in the National Development Plan, our blueprint for a society where all South Africans will flourish.

It stresses that the country’s youth can be the catalyst for social change and economic emancipation.

We firmly believe that the youth of today must be at the forefront of societal conversations about our socio-economic challenges. Our young leaders will play a key role in transforming society in the third decade of freedom.

The role of strong, skills-oriented education cannot be emphasised enough. We have made great strides in increasing student numbers in schools, universities and colleges over the past 21 years.

Opportunities to access higher education that were denied to many young people are now available to them.

The Department of Higher Education is implementing a number of programmes to improve the quality of post-school education. These include expanding the foundation phase to equip underprepared students, improving accessibility for students and staff with disabilities, investing in university infrastructure and increasing the number of teachers.

Through the National Skills Fund, the department is making funds available to students in the critical fields that are needed to grow the economy. Last year it gazetted and published 100 national scarce skills in our economy and in other sectors. It is also encouraging pupils in schools to choose skills that are in short supply, like artisanship.

We have targeted 19 000 artisans to be produced annually, set to increase to 30 000 by 2030, in line with the National Development Plan and National Skills Development Strategy.

Community Education and Training Colleges offer a second chance to people who did not finish their schooling. They represent a third tier of institutions alongside universities and technical vocational education and training colleges. These colleges prepare students for the labour market or for self-employment. It is without a doubt that they will be central to moving the country forward.

Cyril Viennot (FRA) and Mary Beth Ellis (USA) victorious for first world titles at Motala ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships. ITU Long Distance World Championship 2015 Viennot and Beth Ellis (USA) executed winning race plans in Motala, Sweden to score their first ITU Long Distance World Championship titles. The race was contested over a [...]Cyril Viennot, Mary Beth Ellis win ITU Long Distance titles is a post from: Time-to-Tri


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With the aim of stimulating the local economy and contributing towards an environment which is conducive for job creation, Proudly South Africa will be embarking on a nationwide initiative to empower and equip small businesses and entrepreneurs. Empower and equip small businesses The initiative forms part of Proudly SA’s mandate to promote locally manufactured products [...]Advice for small business, entrepreneurs is a post from: South Africa Business
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With the aim of stimulating the local economy and contributing towards an environment which is conducive for job creation, Proudly South Africa will be embarking on a nationwide initiative to empower and equip small businesses and entrepreneurs. Empower and equip small businesses The initiative forms part of Proudly SA’s mandate to promote locally manufactured products […]Advice for small business, entrepreneurs is a post from: JobnSpire
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Tourism Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa on Monday called on young people to consider taking tourism as a career. Tourism as a career She said several training and skills development programmes have been initiated to enable young people to enter the tourism industry. Speaking at a two-day Tourism Business Outreach seminar held in Krugersdorp, Deputy Minister […]Youth should consider tourism as a career is a post from: JobnSpire
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With the aim of stimulating the local economy and contributing towards an environment which is conducive for job creation, Proudly South Africa will be embarking on a nationwide initiative to empower and equip small businesses and entrepreneurs. The initiative forms part of Proudly SA’s mandate to promote locally manufactured products and services and to educate […]Advise for small business, entrepreneurs is a post from: JobnSpire
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Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Buti Manamela, will this morning address the Isibalo Symposium and the Youth Enterprise Summit in Cape Town.

The symposium, according to the Presidency, seeks to promote the capacity development work that Statistics South Africa has embarked on in an ongoing effort to improve the numerical and mathematical skills of all South Africans, especially young people.

“During the symposium the Deputy Minister will also receive and respond to a report from Statistician-General Pali Lehohla, on the morbidity and mortality patterns amongst the youth of South Africa. The report is expected to put a spotlight the health related issues faced by young people.”

Deputy Minister Manamela will later address the Youth Enterprise Summit which aims to promote youth entrepreneurship and encourage economic development and transformation amongst young people.

The health and wellbeing as well as economic inclusion and transformation of young people are both major pillars of the National Youth Policy 2020 (NYP2020) thus, the Deputy Minister is likely to highlight the importance of implementation of the NYP2020 through such initiatives. - SAnews.gov.za

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has warned all poorly performing municipalities in the province of harsh consequences for non-compliance with the legislative prescripts that govern the financial health of all local governance institutions.

The department’s warning came on Friday during a meeting between Provincial MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube and the mayors and key officials from the non-performing municipalities.

MEC Dube-Ncube said that non-compliance with laws such the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA) leads to poor audit outcomes.

“Even as KZN beat all expectations in the 2013/2014 financial year with 20 clean audits for municipalities and municipal entities, there are still municipalities that received disclaimers and qualified audit opinions. They are the target of our most recent appeal for performance and compliance,” said MEC Dube-Ncube.

The provincial Auditor-General and the oversight reports of the department, municipal finance business unit find that a total of three municipalities received disclaimers in the province in the 2013/2014 reporting cycle.

Both Amajuba District and Jozini regressed from unqualified opinion to a disclaimer, whilst Hlabisa regressed from a qualified opinion to a disclaimer.

“This seems to be a moving target with a different set of municipalities regressing into this category each year,” MEC Dube–Ncube said.

During the same cycle, KwaZulu-Natal also recorded eight qualified audit opinions comprising of six municipalities and two municipal entities.

The six municipalities are Umkhanyakude District, Uthukela District, Ugu District, Vulamehlo, Newcastle, Mooi Mpofana and Umhlosinga Development Agency under Umkhanyakude District, as well as Hibiscus Coast Development Agency under Harry Gwala District.

MEC Dube–Ncube said even as the department accepts that some municipalities’ battle with structural challenges, they maintain that their managers have no excuse not to be responsive and take their work seriously.

“Councils have no excuse not to ensure that they take sound decisions on critical issues of key positions in senior management and the appointment of appropriately skilled staff,” said MEC Dube-Ncube.

In the context of the Back to Basics programme, which seeks to put all of the province’s municipalities on a sound footing, the department now requires that municipalities recognise and reward good performance and impose harsh consequences for under-performance and non-performance in administration.

“Wherever municipalities fail to account for and prudently manage their resources, the department demands to know what is being done to rectify this,” she warned. – SAnews.gov.za

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