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South Africa: Member Executive Council (MEC) Mireille Wenger celebrates World Tourism Day

Over a million inbound seats expected as WCG marks World Tourism Day at tourist guide graduation in Langa

To mark World Tourism Day, Mireille Wenger, the provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities which includes Tourism, lauded the vital contribution that the province’s tourist guides make to the tourism and hospitality sector at a graduation of 38 tourist guides in Langa, Cape Town. Addressing the graduation, Minister Wenger…

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South Africa: Gauteng Legislature welcomes measures put in place to track down suspects in Daveyton Shooting

The Committee has learned with great concern that six men were killed and one injured during this horrific incident

Committee welcomes measures put in place to track down suspects in the Daveyton shooting The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has welcomed measures and extra resources put in place to track down suspects who opened fire on patrons at a tavern in Daveyton on Saturday. The Committee…

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South Africa: Reserve Bank highlights country’s fourth decimal coin series in September

The South African Reserve Bank’s fourth decimal coin series celebrates South Africa’s natural heritage

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will highlight the country’s fourth decimal coin series in September as the nation observes Heritage Month. The new circulation coin series features deep ecology as the overarching theme and is the first complete set of coins to be issued in the country’s democratic dispensation.…

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South Africa: Minister Pravin Gordhan on the future of Mango Airlines

Minister Gordhan reiterates his responsibility to apply the law in deciding on the future of Mango Airlines

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Pravin Gordhan has reiterated his avowed responsibility to duly apply the law and the requisite policies that govern the way he dispenses his oversight on state-owned companies (SOCs) as the government shareholder representative. Minister Gordhan said he will not be cowed to submit to…

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South Africa: Gender Equality commends University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) for its interventions aimed at addressing sexual and gender based violence

Recently, over a period of three (3) years, the Commission conducted gender transformation public hearings with several Institutions of Higher Learning to assess amongst other issues, their safety measures in response to the sexual and gender-based violence scourge

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) welcomes the timely and progressive intervention by the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to introduce a compulsory module on gender-based violence and gender inequality in its academic programme. “Universities are a microcosm of the broader society we live in. It was inevitable that the societal…

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South Africa: Reserve Bank on BRICS joint Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors statement

The BRICS central banks collaborated on key topics such as sustainable finance, payments and information security, and will build on the work undertaken to strengthen their resilience and cooperation

On 15 August 2023, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) endorsed the BRICS Joint Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors Statement (Joint Finance Statement) under South Africa’s Chairship of BRICS. The Joint Finance Statement articulates consensus on South Africa’s…

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South Africa: North West Legislature on persistent wildfires at Kagisano Molopo Municipality

The information at the disposal of the committee indicates that these fires started on the night of 16 August 2023 and are to be contained

The North West Provincial Legislature Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, Agriculture and Rural Development chaired by Hon. Bitsa Lenkopane has learned with great concern about devastating persistence of veld fires that has burned down over 90 000 hectares of grazing land in the Kagisano Molopo Local Municipality.…

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South African Reserve Bank finalises its investigation and report into the Phala Phala matter

Due to legislative requirements and constraints which apply to the SARB, the report by the SARB into this matter is a private internal report and will not be made available to the public

The investigation was launched on the back of the allegations by Mr Arthur Fraser, on or about 1 June 2022, and the subsequent receipt by the SARB of complaints from various parties, including political parties. Due to legislative requirements and constraints which apply to the SARB, the report by the SARB…

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South Africa: Western Cape Cultural and Sport mourns passing of Johaar Mosaval

Johaar’s ballet career continued for another 25 years as a principal dancer and he returned to South Africa in 1976

The Western Cape Government is greatly saddened to hear of the passing of a remarkable man in the arts – Johaar Mosaval. Johaar was born in District Six and faced great opposition under the apartheid system when he started dancing in the 1940s. Sadly he was not given the opportunity…

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South Africa: Film and Publication Board welcomes sentencing of Gerhard Ackerman on charges of possession of child pornography

Both the State and the Defence Lawyer adopted the content analysis report and confirmed its accuracy without any amendments

The Film and Publication Board (FPB) welcomes the 12 life sentences handed to Mr Gerhard Ackerman on charges of possession of child pornography by the South Gauteng High Court today, 14 August 2023. The FPB played a crucial role in conducting analyses of the images found in possession of Mr…