IEC appoints Party Funding CEO:
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced George Mahlangu as the chief executive for Party Funding.
: SAnews – South African News sihle
Public Works pays service providers:
Almost 70% of service providers have been paid following an investigation launched by Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille, into the non-payment of invoices within the stipulated 30-day period.
: SAnews – South African News Edwin
Let’s talk to reduce teen pregnancy:
With some 82 000 learners between the ages of 14 and 19 having fallen pregnant in 2017 alone, South Africa is pinning its hopes on a social and behaviour change campaign to curb early and unplanned teen pregnancies.
: SAnews – South African News Edwin
SARS suspends three executives:
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has suspended three senior executives who face disciplinary action over serious misconduct allegations.
: SAnews – South African News sihle
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Quick Cape Town Fact: Cape Town has a ‘second New Year’ – Every year at the 2nd of January as many as 13,000 minstrels take to the streets garbed in bright colours, either carrying colourful umbrellas or playing an array of musical instruments. The minstrels are self organised into klopse (“clubs” in Kaaps Afrikaans, but more accurately translated as troupes in English). The Kaapse Klopse (or simply ‘Klopse’), as it is called, is also referred to as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar (meaning ‘second New Year’).
