We cannot simply accept that 75 000 young people or more have dropped out of school this year and that life continues as normal — we need to give them opportunities
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Founder: The Workshop Ko Kasi
Last year alone the Indaba contributed more than R85-million to eThekwini’s GDP and raised close to R6-million in taxes for government
In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
Bongani Madondo takes a trip across the Kalahari to meet the man and peek into his futuristic past.
The Northern Cape, with its abundance of unpaved tracks, is riddled with disputes over the awarding of lucrative infrastructure contracts.
Clinical associates are changing the medical sector by freeing up doctors to do more.
Madonsela and mineral resources Minister, Godfrey Olifant met traditional leaders, the transport and infrastructure committee of surrounding villages.
Victoria John’s report on the murder of Thapelo Makhutle made for shocking reading, writes Melanie Judge.
Horrific attacks on LGBTI people require context, not shrill headlines, if they are to be understood and prevented, writes Melanie Judge.
Most people in the Kuruman area believe it is ungodly and unAfrican to be gay. Victoria John visited the Northen Cape town.
The Northern Cape African National Congress conference had still not started by noon on Wednesday.
The African National Congress (ANC) provincial conference in the Northern Cape did not start on Tuesday morning as planned.
Three people were arrested near Kuruman when police found a female cheetah in the boot of their car, the Volksblad reported on Tuesday. Police operating a roadblock targeting copper thieves made the discovery at 11pm on Sunday when they stopped a Toyota Cressida with a Botswana registration.
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/ 24 January 2004
Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Thoko Didiza has rejected foreign media reports that South African farmers are bracing themselves for a wave of land grabs similar to those in Zimbabwe. A New York-based daily reported that much of South Africa’s commercial farmland had been claimed for restitution.
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/ 16 September 2003
The first relief payments are soon to be disbursed out of the Asbestos Relief Trust to five mesothelioma sufferers, claimant representative Reza Williams confirmed on Tuesday.
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/ 2 September 2003
The first compensation payments from Cape plc to 7 500 asbestosis victims in the Northern Cape were being processed, legal firm Leigh, Day and Co confirmed on Tuesday.
The National Development Agency (NDA) will spend R2,5-million in an effort to improve the lives of the San communities of the Kalahari and Schmidtsdrift in the Northern Cape.