Category: Community Announcements

 His Majesty King Zwelithini Goodwill KaBhekuzulu will tomorrow Saturday, 08 August 2020, deliver a virtual address to commemorate Umkhozi Wesivivane to celebrate Women’s Month.  His Majesty, accompanied by MEC for Arts Culture Sport and Recreation Hlengiwe Mavimbela and MEC for Social Development Nonhlanhla Khoza will deliver 300 food parcels to homesteads of women who would have attended uMkhosi Wesivivane in Nongoma, Uundi and Ingwavuma.  Due to Covid-19 lockdown regulations which prohibits gatherings to prevent the spread of the virus, this year’s event had to be cancelled. Instead His Majesty will…

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SASSA presents beneficiaries of the COVID-19 grant with an opportunity to receive their grants at their chosen and convenient outlets. Beneficiaries can now change from one payment method to another. They can change from receiving their grant at the Post Office to a bank account of their choice or vice versa. They also have the flexibility to move from one bank to another. In order to achieve this, SASSA is opening its system for approved citizens to update the channel through which payment should be made. This will be open…

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Utrecht SAPS received a complaint of an unknown African male that was reported to be on an open veld at Walaghie Farm (Emxhakeni in Utrecht) on 15 July 2020. The police responded to the complaint and on arrival they found the deceased lying on the veld wearing a black underpants only. The deceased has multiple injuries at the back of the body, the head, the cut on the left ear and his tongue  was out of the mouth as if he was strangled. The deceased is about 30 years of…

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National Child Protection Week is commemorated in the country annually to raise awareness of the rights of children as articulated in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and Children’s Act (Act No. 38 of 2005). South Africa has drafted legislation, based on the United Convention of the Rights of the Child, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Constitution. The campaign began in 1997 and it aims to mobilise all sectors of society to ensure that children and cared for and protected….

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 19h00 today, Sunday 24 May 2020, on developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of COVID-19. The President’s address follows recent meetings of Cabinet, the National Coronavirus Command Council and the President’s Coordinating Council, which considered the prospects for the country’s progression from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 of the national lockdown. As part of exploring a possible prospects and assessing the continuing health, social and economic impacts of the pandemic, President Ramaphosa has also held consultative…

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