IN CONVERSATION WITH NOMUSA CEMBI THE SOUTH AFRICA DEMOCRATIC TEACHER'S UNION [SADTU]MEDIA OFFICER IN GAUTENG

The Music Is A Great Investment (MIAGI) Youth Orchestra has spent the past 25 years transforming the lives of young people from township communities through music, education, and global exposure.   Founded to create access to classical and orchestral music for young South Africans who would otherwise be excluded from…

For virtually every aspect of university life — from academic registration to online classes, email communication, learning platforms, and research — students at the University of the Witwatersrand rely on the Wits ICT (Information and Communications Technology) division.  Wits ICT manages essential digital services, including student email addresses, campus Wi-Fi…

As firstyear students arrived on the University of the Witwatersrand campus this week, the Campus Health and Wellness Centre (CHWC) hosted an educational conversation to welcome them and introduce them to key health and wellbeing services available for the year ahead. Wits’s Gateway to Success (GTS) orientation programme — designed…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved salary increases for public office- bearers, including ministers, deputy ministers, members of Parliament, premiers and provincial legislators. The increases follow recommendations by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-Bearers and take effect retrospectively from April 2025. While government has defended the move as…

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has welcomed a newly gazetted regulation signed by Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, that empowers labour inspectors to directly enforce compliance on pension fund contributions. This means employers who deduct pension contributions from workers’ salaries must now ensure those funds…