Johannesburg – The 2021 Africa 5’s social football league has been deferred to 2022, Castle Lager announced in a statement today. The brand, which has been responsible for putting together the much-loved league since 2018, made the announcement today, saying that the decision, sad as it may be for all concerned, comes out of great care […]
JOHANNESBURG – Vodacom Limpopo Region, in partnership with Google South Africa, will give hundreds of residents with Android powered smartphones at no cost in eleven villages across the Limpopo province. This forms part of Vodacom and Google’s continued efforts to reduce the digital divide and offer many who reside in deep rural communities in Limpopo […]
The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Council has approved the 2020/21 Adjustment Budget, which prioritises major infrastructure projects, economic revival, and continued service delivery. In his presentation of the adjusted budget in Council on Friday, 26 February 2021, the Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Finance, Cllr. Jolidee Matongo indicated that the prioritised items for adjustment […]
Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida will be focusing on teen depression in her next #Mindful Mondays conversation to mark Teen Suicide Prevention Week. Musida’s guest is GP and social media influencer Dr Sindi van Zyl and the two will talk about teen depression; its causes and symptoms; are boys and girls affected differently; how does […]
Valentine’s Day spend is expected to decline this year, amid a pandemic that has strained household budgets and limited entertainment options. Contrary to this year’s anticipated decline in Valentine’s spend, past trends have indicated that consumers have been spending more each year on categories such as chocolatiers, flowers, general gifts and jewellery. According to FNB’s […]
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Geoffrey Makhubo, on behalf of the City of Johannesburg, has expressed his deep condolences at the passing of stalwart, Mme Rebecca Kotane. Though better known as the widow of the former SACP general-secretary and ANC leader Moses Kotane, Mme Kotane was a freedom fighter and an […]
JOHANNESBURG – Vodacom has pledged R10 million to fund a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1 to support the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP), and the wider GBVF response in the country. Pioneered by the International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA) and the Presidency in collaboration with several […]
Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida launches her online mental health initiative #Mindful Mondays next week. Musida – who announced that she would be focusing on raising awareness around mental health when she took the Miss South Africa crown in October last year – will speak to various experts on a diverse range of topics related […]
Nie Cele In a drive to curtail cable theft in the City, Jozi’s electricity distributor City Power has counteracted this nefarious act by replacing the copper cables with aluminium bundle cables. This come in the wake that, since the start of the current financial year, cables worth over R14 million were stolen, plunging many suburbs […]
Fellow South Africans, I address you this evening as we begin a new chapter in our struggle against the coronavirus. Earlier today the Deputy President David Mabuza, Minister of Health Dr Zwelini Mkhize, Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and I, received our country’s first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines. The consignment, consisting of one million doses of the […]