Dear Fellow South African, This week, the second Bana Pele Leadership Summit is taking place in Gauteng. Bana Pele means ‘children first’ in Sesotho. It is a campaign led by the Department of Basic Education to strengthen and transform the delivery of early learning in the country. Early Childhood Development (ECD) shapes a child’s cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural development. Quality…
IMAGE SUPPLIED The Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed its readiness to administer the 2026 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, which are scheduled to take place from 13 October to 26 November 2026. The province has registered a record-breaking 203,794 candidates, making this the first NSC examination cohort in Gauteng to exceed 200,000 candidates. The…
Adidas Originals and Willy Chavarria have released a collection this Fall which draws from the gritty energy of 90s style, while continuing Chavarria’s exploration of proportion, identity, and cultural heritage. The collection takes inspiration from vintage sportswear silhouettes, playing with exaggerated proportions and layered styling. Across apparel and footwear, familiar adidas heritage silhouettes are reworked…
More than 10,000 students across South Africa have been equipped with practical career-readiness skills as the University Kick Start Roadshow concludes its first national campus tour, reaching 17 institutions across five provinces and bringing workplace preparation directly to students before they graduate. Launched on 3 August 2026 by entrepreneur and multi-award-winning professional Boitumelo Motsepe, the…
The Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi joined by MEC Kedibone DialeTlabela and MMC for Roads, Transport Cllr Tlangi Magale and senior officials in the department has on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, officially launched the Gauteng Public Transport Regulatory Information System (GPTRIS) in Tshwane. The new digital platform is aimed at transforming and fast-tracking the receipting, processing…
Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 October 2026 – The South African Breweries (SAB) today convened government, law enforcement, business and civil society leaders to advance public-private partnerships aimed at improving road safety and reducing alcohol -related harm in South Africa. The engagement, held as part of SAB’s Cheers to Responsibility Week, focused on translating collaboration into…
The Gauteng Department of e-Government, Research and Development, in partnership with Microsoft, will host the Gauteng Cyber Security Summit on Friday, 09 October 2026, bringing together government leaders, cybersecurity experts, technology specialists and key stakeholders to tackle the growing threat of cybercrime. The summit comes as October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, highlighting the need for…
This Heritage Day held on the 26th Sept 2026 at Bethane Sports ground, the Bakwena ba Mogopa community looked beyond celebration and asked how its culture can sustain people. The theme of the day was delivered by the guest speaker Mr Themba Gwabene. Mr Gwabene under the theme of exploring heritage to job creation…
Dear Fellow South African, In communities, public spaces and landscapes across the country, millions of new trees are taking root. Since April this year, more than seven million trees have been planted across all provinces under the Presidential One Billion Trees Campaign. More than two million trees have been planted in the Western Cape alone,…
There is something about a compact SUV that makes it perfectly suited to South African life. It needs to be small enough to negotiate the madness of inner-city traffic, comfortable enough for the daily commute, capable enough to deal with our sometimes unforgiving roads and stylish enough to pull up at the weekend’s big social…
