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Former Prasa acting CEO pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

1 month ago | bizcommunity.com | Tania Broughton |Joseph Chirume |Barbara Maregele |Lindsey Schutters

Advertise your job vacancies2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays. Former Prasa acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (right) exits the Gqeberha Regional Court with his advocate, Mzwamadoda Mnyani. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp Between December 2012 and February 2013, 42km of railway line were stolen in the Eastern Cape.
Western Cape sees R200m investment boost for student housing

2 months ago | bizcommunity.com | Sandiso Phaliso |Joseph Chirume

Advertise your job vacancies 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more The Department of Human Settlements -- through the National Housing Finance Cooperation (NHFC) -- has announced its funding support for two 100% Black-owned developers to provide student accommodation in the Western Cape. The funding is meant to alleviate the student accommodation challenge in that province.
Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

2 months ago | bizcommunity.com | Sandiso Phaliso |Joseph Chirume |Takudzwa Pongweni

Advertise your job vacancies 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more NSFAS blamed for student accommodation challenges. More than a hundred students protested outside the gates of the University of the Western Cape on Monday afternoon. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso. Universities across the country were disrupted by student protests on Monday. Students are struggling to find accommodation as university residences are full and the NSFAS platform for private accommodation is dysfunctional.
South Africa: Last Minute Reprieve for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders

Nov 28, 2024 | allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch |Joseph Chirume

The Minister of Home Affairs has extended the ZEP to 28 November 2025 Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber extended the validity of the original Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) to 28 November 2025. The validity of the original ZEP was meant to end on Friday, 29 November 2024. This caused panic among thousands of people trying to remain legally in the country who, frustrated by long queues and challenges with the appointment booking system, have been struggling to meet the deadline.
Gqeberha Pride Festival: sports uniting communities

Nov 25, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Joseph Chirume

Organisers of the annual Gqeberha Pride Festival have taken a different approach to the event by hosting friendly netball matches. The event was held in New Brighton on Saturday by Sicebise Social Inclusion+, an organisation formed in 2018 to spread awareness at schools in Nelson Mandela Bay about LGBTQ rights. Participants came from different advocacy groups, schools and tertiary institutions such as Nelson Mandela University.
Dairy farm disaster: Community crumbles, millions down the drain

Oct 22, 2024 | foodformzansi.co.za | Daniel Steyn |Joseph Chirume

A government-funded dairy farm owned by the community of Mantusini, a rural village near Port St Johns, has been put out to pasture by the government. Calls for an investigation into what went wrong at the farm have fallen on deaf ears. The dairy farm was set up in 2005 by over 450 Mantusini community members on their communal land. The Mantusini Dairy Trust was formed to govern and manage the farm on behalf of the community.
Dairy farm disaster: Community crumbles, millions down the drain

Oct 22, 2024 | foodformzansi.co.za | Daniel Steyn |Joseph Chirume

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Matriculants encouraged to apply for NSFAS funding

Oct 21, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Joseph Chirume

Advertise your job vacancies2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more View on iono.fm, Apple, Spotify or downloadable app As the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations kick-off today, Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane, has reminded all matriculants to seize the opportunity to apply for funding through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm

Oct 16, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Daniel Steyn |Joseph Chirume

After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence The government has not investigated the collapse of the once state-of-the-art government-funded Mantusini Dairy Farm near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape. The multi-million-rand dairy farm was set up by Mantusini community members on communal land nearly two decades ago with the goal to establish a fully-fledged commercial dairy farm.
How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm

Oct 16, 2024 | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus |Daniel Steyn |Joseph Chirume

A government-funded dairy farm owned by the community of Mantusini, a rural village near Port St Johns, has been put out to pasture by the government. Calls for an investigation into what went wrong at the farm have fallen on deaf ears. The dairy farm was set up in 2005 by over 450 Mantusini community members on their communal land. The Mantusini Dairy Trust was formed to govern and manage the farm on behalf of the community.