Small Business Development tables budget for 2026/27 A young black woman in Roodepoort now manufactures soap for Boxer Super Stores. Another holds the title deed to a hotel in Mahikeng she could never have entered without transformation. These are the faces behind the Department of Small Business Development’s (DSBD) R3.036 billion Budget Vote tabled in […]
National Orders recipients honoured for shaping democratic South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the recipients of the 2026 National Orders as men and women whose contributions have helped shape a democratic South Africa founded on equality, justice and dignity for all. Jubilation, applause and a celebratory atmosphere marked the occasion at the Sefako Makgatho […]
Protecting initiates’ lives and restoring the dignity of customary initiation By Legadima Leso, Head of Communications, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Each year, as the winter and summer initiation seasons approach across South Africa, thousands of young people prepare for one of the most significant moments of their lives: customary initiation. For generations, this sacred […]
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Jeffreys Bay: History Calendar from 1487 by Bert Behrens, Author of Old Jeffreys Bay, Lest We Forget 1487/88 In 1487 Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese navigator sailed out of Belém Harbour,…
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by Bert Behrens, Author of Old Jeffreys Bay, Lest We Forget
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