Thabi Madiba

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New Nelson Mandela collectable coin series unveiled

17th July 2019 Paying tribute to the legacy of South Africa’s first democratically elected President and global icon Nelson Mandela, the South African Mint, on Wednesday, unveiled the last edition in the ‘Life of a Legend – Nelson Mandela’ Protea collectable coin series. Since 2013, the coin series has... →

Use Mandela Month for water awareness – DWS

11th July 2019 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Thursday called on Gauteng residents to use their 67 minutes this Mandela Month towards cleaning freshwater sources and called on people to stop polluting water. The DWS urged water users not to take water for granted, and pointed out that former... →

Police service considered the most corrupt institution – survey

11th July 2019 The tenth edition of the Global Corruption Barometer Africa has revealed that the police service is considered the most corrupt institution. Released on African Anti-Corruption Day, the GCB report revealed that a global average of 47% of people believe that most or all police are corrupt and in... →

Everyone has a choice to indulge in corrupt behaviour or not – Gordhan

28th June 2019 Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordon on Thursday evening distinguished between corruption as a concept and the moral choices made by individuals that enable corruption to take effect. Gordon was joined by EOH CEO Stephen van Coller, EOH chief commercial officer Fatima Newman and National... →

Concerns about not being employed trouble 39% of graduates – PPS Index

26th June 2019 Financial services provider PPS has revealed that 39% of students are concerned that they may not be employed immediately after their tertiary education. PPS released its 2018 Student Confidence Index, which revealed that 36% of professionals thought the government should draft conducive policies... →

UCT ranked in top 20% of world’s universities

19th June 2019 The University of Cape Town has moved up two places to 198 in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, placing it in the top 20% of the world’s universities. UCT keeps its title as the top university in Africa. Early this year in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject,... →

BLSA appalled by threats to SARB independence

10th June 2019 Business Leadership South Africa on Monday said it condemned what it called “deliberate attempts” to undermine the South African Reserve Bank’s legitimacy and called out the African National Congress for threatening to collapse the country’s economy. BLSA said in a statement that the ANC seemed... →

Lesufi returns to Gauteng education portfolio

31st May 2019 Following what he calls “non-partisan feedback” Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Friday returned Panyaza Lesufi to the province’s Education portfolio as Education and Youth Development MEC. On Wednesday, Makhura had announced that Lesufi would lead the Finance and e-Government portfolio, but... →

Software provides support for project’s design phase

24th May 2019 To help avoid construction failures for building contractors and consulting engineers, construction fastening and fixing supplier fischer fixings SA’s design software FIXPERIENCE has been developed as a tool to provide safe, reliable and professional support for the design phases of construction... →

Versatility key to Vanguard embracing Industry 4.0

19th April 2019 The heavy lifting and abnormal loads sector has embraced Industry 4.0 and incorporated many new technologies, such as three-dimensional (3D) modelling of heavy lift solutions and real-time data monitoring, says heavy rigging and lifting company Vanguard lead sales and project manager Dale Huddy.... →

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