Early Childhood Development needs to be pioritised: Gwarube

Minister of Education Siviwe Gwarube addressing the Education Business Breakfast. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says Early Childhood Development needs to be pioritised and integrated into basic education in order to improve the quality of education from the foundation phase. Gwarube was speaking at an Education Business Breakfast in Johannesburg on Monday hosted…

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Johannesburg water restrictions from Nov 14: Majodina

1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has announced that Johannesburg Water will be throttling water in the City of Johannesburg from Thursday 14th of November until the water system has fully recovered. This comes as the department attempts to address the water supply challenges faced by the City and Gauteng province. Johannesburg has…

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Child maintenance defaulters face blacklisting

Children at an ECD centre are given food. 2 minutes Maintenance defaulters will no longer be able to acquire credit, until they meet their financial obligations to their children. This, after Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane signed a memorandum of understanding, the Maintenance Online Listing of Defaulters. It was signed with the Social…

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Gauteng bans unauthorized sale of pesticide Terbufos

A bottle marked with poison label 1 minute The Gauteng government has decided to ban the sale of Terbufos by unlicensed businesses, a pesticide which was found to have caused the recent deaths of six Soweto children. Premier Panyaza Lesufi says only licensed businesses will be able to sell the pesticide also known as “halepherimi”….

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