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The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) today decided unanimously to adjourn a hearing on the National Skills Fund (NSF) and the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This is due to the late and unjustifiable withdrawal from the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mr Buti Manamela, who chose instead to attend the launch of an academic programme in Johannesburg.
“The non-appearance of the deputy minister is unacceptable. The primary role of the committee and Parliament is to hold the executive to account and the committee is not prepared to entertain late, unjustifiable withdrawals by members of the executive. The hearing will be rescheduled to a date to be announced in due course, where we expect the minister or deputy minister to appear in person,” said SCOPA Chairperson Mr Songezo Zibi.
Committee members from all political parties represented in the committee voiced their extreme disappointment at the deputy minister's failure to appear, after he had delegated political accountability to departmental officials. Mr Zibi will be writing a letter to the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Ms Nobuhle Nkabane, and the Deputy President, Mr Paul Mashatile, to ask them to take stern action and ensure that the committee is briefed by the executive in accordance with the rules.
Mr Manamela and the delegation from his department were expected to brief the committee on various matters relating to the NSF and the NSFAS and on investigations into the two entities conducted by the Special Investigations Unit. The committee is disappointed that it cannot address issues affecting NSFAS and yet thousands of students are affected by its inefficiencies. The committee is also aggrieved that the money spent to fly departmental staff to Cape Town is wasteful expenditure.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison
A former Passenger Rail Agency South Africa (Prasa) employee, who was convicted in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in Palm Ridge on Monday, has been sentenced by the same court today.
Daniel Mthimkhulu was charged with nine counts including fraud, uttering and forgery by allegedly misrepresenting his qualifications to Prasa upon his arrest in July 2015.
He claimed, among other things, to have acquired a Masters’ degree from the University of Witwatersrand, as well as a Doctorate in Engineering Management from the Technische Universitat Munchen (Munich Technical University) in Germany.
“As a result of the misrepresentation and fabricated CV, Prasa suffered prejudice in that his annual salary was unduly hiked from R1.6 million, as executive manager to heading the engineering services for a salary to the tune of R2.8 million,” said the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the Hawks, on Tuesday.
The Hawks’ Serious Economic Offences Unit of the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation was instrumental in ensuring that Mtimkulu was ultimately convicted.
The Johannesburg High Court had on Friday, 15 March 2024, attached both immovable and movable properties belonging to the convict in terms of the confiscation order of section 18 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
The court further ordered that Mthimkhulu pay an amount of R5.8 million to Prasa to recoup the proceeds of crime.
The court on Tuesday sentenced Mtimkulu to 15 years imprisonment on count 1 and on count 4 and 8, the court sentences him to six years imprisonment served concurrently with 15 years’ imprisonment.
“This is one of the State Capture cases that has been finalised and the public can be assured that other State Capture cases on the DPCI table will be dealt with amicably,” said the unit.
The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya welcomed the sentence and applauded the hard work and efforts of the investigation and prosecution teams.
"This should serve as a lesson to would be fraudsters that crime doesn’t pay," reiterated Lt Gen Lebeya. – SAnews.gov.za
Edwin
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 14:05
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The South African Rugby Union has written to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union to formally apologise for a sequence of events that led to the conclusion of the Haka being obscured during Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test between the Springboks and the All Blacks at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. The closing moments …
The Totalsports Women’s Race has much to celebrate in 2024. Each of the three events drew record-breaking numbers, with a combined total of 30 000 runners (7500 in Durban, 12 500 in Cape Town, and 10 000 in Joburg) participating during Women’s Month. In addition to this remarkable turnout, the event proudly raised an impressive …
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The low-level flypast marks three milestones for Emirates (https://www.Emirates.com/) and South Africa; The flying display celebrates the return of the second daily A380 service on the Dubai-Johannesburg route from 1 September.
Emirates, the world's largest international airline, takes to the skies to celebrate its longstanding and ongoing commitment to South Africa, with the country's first ever A380 flypast. Running up the score, the remarkable low-level aerial showcase also marks Emirates' first ever flypast in Africa and the first international airline to execute such a feat in South Africa.
Honouring its shared love for rugby with over 62,000 enthusiastic spectators, Emirates flew the world's largest commercial passenger aircraft over Emirates Airline Park, just before kick-off of the much-anticipated Springboks vs All Blacks test match. Flying at an altitude of just 500 feet above the ground, the iconic Emirates double-decker aircraft saluted rugby and aviation fans, in its latest signature livery.
The Emirates A380 took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport at 16:00, travelling at a speed of 140 kts, reaching the stadium at 16:58, perfectly timed to follow South Africa and New Zealand's national anthems. The impressive aerial feat follows months of thorough and cross-functional planning between stakeholders including multiple teams at Emirates, South African Civil Aviation Authority, Airports Company South Africa, Emirates pilots, Flight Operation Managers and Air Traffic Controllers working together with the Emirates Lions team. The teams worked together across every element of the aerial display, taking into account air traffic patterns at different times of the day with different weather and wind conditions.
UAE National Captain Mubarak Al Mheiri, A380 Deputy Chief Pilot commanded the flight, joined by Captain Khalid Binsultan and Captain Abdalla Al Hammadi, both Technical Pilots for the Airbus A380 and Captain Richard Fiess, A380 Captain. Captain Mubarak has flown with Emirates for 19 years and has completed over 7,200 hours in the cockpit of the iconic A380. He has commanded similar flypasts for Emirates, including UAE National Day celebrations (http://apo-opa.co/3yXQLen) for the past four years and headlining the commercial aircraft flypast formation at the 2023 Dubai Air Show (http://apo-opa.co/3Xrar3A). He also participated in the iconic flight promoting Expo 2020 (http://apo-opa.co/3TdcRAq), which saw an A380 fly around an Emirates Cabin Crew at the very top of the Burj Khalifa; the unprecedented formation flight with the Jetman (http://apo-opa.co/3TdcSV0) team back in 2015; and with the Red Arrows (http://apo-opa.co/3Tddj1o) in 2022.
Afzal Parambil, Country Manager of Southern Africa, Emirates said, “Tonight's record-setting flypast is a powerful display of our unwavering commitment to South Africa. It represents not just an achievement of technical excellence, but encapsulates our ongoing partnership with key stakeholders in South Africa, including the Civil Aviation Authority, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Emirates Lions and, of course, the strong relationship we've built with our customers and travel partners here over the years. For almost three decades, we've unlocked an array of choices for our customers, by offering an outstanding on-ground and in-flight experience coupled with seamless global connectivity, and we're not slowing down now. We look forward to the next 30 years, and beyond, of serving South Africa and spotlighting its many attractions to the world.”
Pieter Burger, Ellis Park Stadium Managing Director, said, “The flyover has become such a pre-match entertainment staple at the iconic Emirates Airline Park. First witnessed in 1995 at the final of the international rugby showpiece where the South African national rugby team was victorious, to have had this moment tonight against the very same opposition was a thrilling experience for fans watching at the stadium and at home.
We are extremely grateful to our long-time partner Emirates who were pivotal towards the success of this project, together with all other role players involved. From a lasting memory perspective, this will certainly be up there for those who had the privilege to witness the moment.”
The flypast also marks the return of Emirates' second A380 service on the Dubai-Johannesburg route, enhancing more customer choice and travel options with Emirates' iconic onboard products and world-class service. EK761 departs Dubai at 04.05, landing in Johannesburg at 10:15, with the return flight, EK762, departing Johannesburg at 13.25 and touching down in Dubai at 23.45, perfectly timed for onward connections to key destinations in the Far East, Europe and the Middle East.
Emirates is one of the world's biggest supporters of rugby. In South Africa, Emirates' investment in the sport is headlined by its steadfast title sponsorship of the Emirates Lions, including naming rights of the team's home stadium, Emirates Airline Park. The airline also sponsors the action-packed Cape Town Sevens, a regular fixture on the Sevens World Series calendar and one of the most popular live sporting events in South Africa, regularly drawing over 100,000 spectators.
Globally, Emirates can be found at the centre of the action from grassroots to professional leagues as the sponsor of Rugby World Cup since 2007, with prominent presence planned at the upcoming 2027 World Cup in Australia.
Firmly established as a long-term partner of South African aviation, tourism, and trade, Emirates has been serving the market for 29 years, connecting over 20 million travellers to/from South Africa with more than 140 destinations on its vast global network, via Dubai. The airline serves customers traveling to and from South Africa with 42 weekly flights to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, with additional connectivity to regional points across the country offered by its codeshare and interline partners South African Airways, Airlink, Cemair, and FlySafair.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Emirates Group.
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi praised the composure of his teammates for a remarkable come-from-behind Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory over New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday. The Boks trailed by 10 points with as many minutes remaining before tries from replacements Kwagga Smith (loose forward) and Grant Williams (scrumhalf) turned the game on …
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi is thrilled to face their arch-rivals, New Zealand, in Johannesburg in their first home game of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on Saturday, and said the fans are a huge driving force for the team. The Springboks will go in search of their third victory in as many games and attempt …
Dekra IOL has expanded its Community Development Facilitator skills programme, which is focused on empowering community leaders and transforming lives, to feature an insightful substance abuse counselling component. The result is that the programme very effectively integrates substance abuse education and counselling into the broader context of community development. Community upliftment One of the primary …
Survey reveals Gauteng has the third-lowest HIV prevalence
Compared to other provinces, Gauteng had the third-lowest HIV prevalence at 11.9% in 2022 which is slightly lower than the 12.1% reported in 2017.
This translates to an estimated 1 720 000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Gauteng in 2022, representing an insignificant 0.2% decline from the 1 780 000 reported in 2017.
This is according to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), which released the key findings of the Sixth South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence, and Behaviour Survey (SABSSM VI) for Gauteng on Thursday.
The findings also showed that, in 2022, HIV prevalence in the province was disproportionately higher among those aged 25 to 49 (20.0%), for females (24.9%) and males (14.1%).
HIV prevalence was also higher among those residing in rural formal or farm areas (12.7%).
According to the overall principal investigator of the study, the HSRC’s Professor Khangelani Zuma, the HIV prevalence peaked at 32.2% among those who are 50 to 54 years old in 2022.
In 2017, the prevalence peak was in a younger age group, at 31.9% among those aged 35 to 39.
“There was a decrease in HIV prevalence in 2022 among all age groups younger than 40 years compared to 2017. It is, however, concerning that even though the epidemic is ageing, there seems to be a possibility of new infections still happening in the older age groups,” Zuma noted.
The data presented are for five priority districts of Gauteng, namely the City of Tshwane, the City of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng and West Rand.
Among the five districts, the highest HIV prevalence was found in Sedibeng (13.2%).
The SABSSM VI survey, conducted between 2022 and 2023, aimed to maintain surveillance of HIV infection and behaviours in South Africa, evaluate the progress of the South African national HIV and AIDS, STI and TB Strategic Plan, and monitor HIV indicators for national and international reporting.
The survey’s key objectives included estimating HIV prevalence and incidence, viral load suppression, and exposure to HIV-related services among adults and children.
Antiretroviral treatment
The data also shows that Gauteng’s antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage increased to 73.4% in 2022 from 56% in 2017.
The ART coverage translates to an estimated 1 210 000 PLHIV in the province receiving treatment in 2022.
ART use among all PLHIV in the province was lowest among those aged 15 to 49 (72.4%) compared to other age groups.
“ART use in Gauteng was consistently lower among males compared to females in all the age groups, however, it was lowest in the West Rand (73.4%) and Ekurhuleni (73.6%) districts.”
Knowledge of HIV status
Zuma expressed concern that PLHIV aged between 25 and 49, which accounts for most PLHIV in Gauteng who are unaware of their HIV status (61.8%), are aware of their HIV status but not on ART (64.6%), and ART but not virally suppressed (64.6%).
He also noted that adolescents and youth aged from 15 to 24 contribute disproportionally to gaps in treatment, accounting for just 6.8% of all PLHIV.
However, 20% of those unaware of their HIV status, 13.4% of those aware of their HIV status but not on ART, and 12.1% of those on ART but not virally suppressed.
According to the study, females aged 15 to 24 account for the minority of all females living with HIV (6.4%), but a relatively larger proportion of those who do not know their status (15.2%), not on ART (13.4%), and ART but not virally suppressed (12.1%).
Males aged 15 to 24 years account for just 7.8% of all males living with HIV, but 27.3% of those unaware of their HIV status, 19.4% of those who are aware but not on ART, and 18.9% of those who are on ART but not virally suppressed.
The survey further revealed that, among all districts, Ekurhuleni accounts for just 30.6% of all PLHIV, but 47.4% of all PLHIV do not know their status.
Sexual debut
Regarding the key drivers of the HIV pandemic, Zuma noted that there was a change in the proportion of Gauteng adolescents and youth aged 15 to 24 who reported having sex before the age of 15 in 2017 (14.8%) compared to 2022 (13.2%).
In 2022, the percentage of adolescents and youth aged 15 to 24 who had their sexual debut before the age of 15 was higher among males (17.8%) than females (7.9%).
The prevalence was lowest in Ekurhuleni (9.5%) and highest in West Rand (18.1%), followed by the City of Johannesburg (14.1%).
Multiple sexual partners
The survey revealed that in Gauteng, 7.8% of people 15 years and older reported having multiple sexual partners in 2022 compared to 12.8% in 2017.
The proportion of people aged 15 years and older who reported having multiple sexual partners was four-fold higher among males (12.3%) compared to females (3.1%), and two-fold higher among those aged 15 to 24 (17.1%) compared to those aged 15 to 49 (8.6%).
The proportion who reported having multiple sexual partners was highest in the City of Tshwane (13.7%) and lowest in West Rand (2.9%).
Condom use
Regarding condom use, the survey found that, in Gauteng, 30.3% reported using a condom with the most recent sexual partner in 2022 compared to 36.3% in 2017, representing a decline of six percentage points.
Condom use with the most recent sexual partner among people 15 years and older was lower among those aged between 25 and 49 years (29.6%) compared to other age groups, females compared to males (27.6% versus 32.9%), and those residing in rural formal, or farm areas (18.9%) compared to other localities.
Condom use with the most recent sexual partner among people aged 15 years and older ranged from 24.7% in the City of Tshwane to 37.9% in West Rand.
In Gauteng, a higher proportion (53.8%) also reported that they never used a condom with their most recent sexual partner. Only 4.7% reported that they used a condom almost every time.
Consistent condom use with the most recent sexual partner among people 15 years in the province was higher among adolescents and youth aged 15 to 24 (32.1%) compared to those aged 25 to 49 (19.3%).
However, over 70% of those aged 25 to 49 years reported only using a condom sometimes or never.
Consistent condom use with the most recent sexual partner among people aged 15 and older was highest in Sedibeng (23.4%) and lowest in the City of Tshwane (17%).
“We also recommend enhancing prevention efforts targeted at groups that are disproportionately affected by the drivers of HIV infection, such as women and young people,” concluded Professor Zuma. – SAnews.gov.za
Gabisile
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 12:40
Second Season Tells the Stories of Five Current and Former NBA Academy Africa (www.NBA.com) Prospects from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt and Senegal; All Five Episodes Will Be Available on the NBA App with One Episode Releasing Weekly Throughout September.
NBA Africa announced the return of its first original documentary series “Born & Bred” which will premiere its second season on the NBA App today. The docuseries returns with five episodes telling the stories of current and former NBA Academy Africa student athletes from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt and Senegal as they pursue their basketball dreams at the academy and beyond.
Season two of “Born & Bred” features the first NBA Academy Africa prospect drafted to the NBA Ulrich Chomche (Toronto Raptors; Cameroon), former NBA G League Ignite players Babacar Sané (Utah Jazz; Senegal) and Thierry Darlan (Central African Republic), and current NBA Academy Africa prospects Ali Assran (Egypt) and Modou Fall Thiam (Senegal).
Chomche became the first prospect from one of the three NBA Academies around the world to be drafted directly to the NBA when he was selected 57th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies and traded to the Toronto Raptors in the 2024 NBA Draft. During his time at NBA Academy Africa, he was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the 2022 Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa camp and participated in the Basketball Africa League's (BAL) Elevate program, representing Rwanda Energy Group Basketball Club (REG BBC) in 2023 and Cameroon's Forces Armées et Police in 2022.
The first episode, “Small Village. Big Dreams”, features Chomche and is available to watch today on the NBA App. All five episodes will be available to stream on the NBA App, with one episode releasing each week throughout September.
Descriptions of each season two “Born & Bred” episode are included below:
“Born & Bred” season one (https://apo-opa.co/4e2kQbl) premiered on the NBA App last November, featuring current and former NBA Academy Africa prospects Nigeria's Rueben Chinyelu, Egypt's Seifeldin Hendawy, South Sudan's Khaman Maluach, Senegal's Khadim Rassoul Mboup, and Angola's Aginaldo Neto, spotlighting each prospect's basketball journey, including the communities where they were raised and the moments that have shaped them as players and young men.
NBA Academy Africa is an elite basketball training center in Saly, Senegal for the top high-school-age prospects from across Africa and the first of its kind on the continent. Since its launch in 2017, more than 40 male and female participants have committed to NCAA Division I schools in the U.S. or signed professional contracts.
The NBA App is free to download here (https://apo-opa.co/3T9WrZA).
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Basketball Association (NBA).
Contact:
Chumani Bambani
NBA Africa Communications
cbambani@nba.com
+27 65 548 1031
About NBA Africa:
NBA Africa is an affiliate of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. NBA Africa conducts the league's business in Africa, including the Basketball Africa League (BAL), and has opened subsidiary offices in Cairo, Egypt; Dakar, Senegal; Johannesburg, South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria; and Nairobi, Kenya. The league's efforts on the continent have focused on increasing access to basketball and the NBA through youth and elite development, social responsibility, media distribution, corporate partnerships, NBA Africa Games, NBA Stores, the BAL, and more.
NBA games and programming are available in all 54 African countries, and the NBA has hosted three sold-out exhibition games on the continent since 2015. The BAL, a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and NBA Africa, is a professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa that concluded its fourth season in June 2024. Fans can follow @ NBA_Africa and @ theBAL on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Call to place young people in critical infrastructure projects
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has emphasised that every project, from ideation to implementation, must include the upskilling, reskilling, and placement of young people, through emerging industrialist apprenticeships.
Chikunga was speaking at the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) learning event on youth unemployment crisis and gender equity.
“The country is currently facing a situation where serious infrastructure projects, from small harbours development, rail, road, and rural bridge construction to human settlements projects, water sanitation projects, and energy, are in [the] pipeline. It is about time that we insist that no labour is imported for these projects while unemployed graduates are sitting at home,” Chikunga said at Thursday’s event.
Putting in place sustainable interventions
Chikunga underscored a need for strategies to cultivate all of the country’s resources in a coherent and purposeful effort and put forward interventions that can be sustained into the future.
The Minister argued that South Africa cannot have youth hopping from one learnership to another, and from one internship to another.
She emphasised the need for an emerging industrialist programme that reaches every corner of the country.
“These interventions should, in line with our DDM (District Development Model), be implemented at national, provincial and local levels by government, parastatals, organisations within civil society and the private sector working within the framework of reconstruction and development.
“In order to respond in a more purposeful way, we are called upon to transcend traditional boundaries and do away with siloed interventions and adopt a more integrated and coordinated approach,” Chikunga said at the gathering held in Sandton, Johannesburg.
According to the Minister, a lack of industrial dynamism, youth unemployment, the high cost of living, economic inactivity, violent crime, and a lack of social cohesion, are all multidimensional challenges that require what economists refer to as a “Mission-Oriented Approach” to development.
“We are required to set ambitious goals; foster creative public-private collaborations; approach the state as a patient investor-of first resort; and develop dynamic capabilities to adapt and steer the mission as it evolves.
“The NYDA, for example, must be transformed into a capability that is able to gather market and economic intelligence about the future of industry and work; identify emerging strategic opportunities; measure (cross sectoral) impact of policies; enhance our ability to spot risks/opportunities; increase our ability to anticipate and adapt; and support new agents of systemic socio-economic change.”
Research capability
She also challenged the NYDA to have a well-resourced research capability that is able to provide situational awareness.
“[The NYDA] must address the questions such as: in light of the youth question, where are we, where should we be going, and what is likely to get in our way [both threats and opportunities], as we navigate to that collectively desired destination.
“What adjustments, if any, do we need to make to deal with the threats and make the most of opportunities? Through knowledge management, we must be able to anticipate, respond, and navigate uncertainties and potential crises,” Chikunga said.
In efforts to attract manufacturing, promote beneficiation and drive industrialisation, Chikunga stressed a need to ensure that women and youth have access to land for agricultural purposes and related value chains. She also stressed the need for an emerging industrialist fund to turn young people’s ideas and innovation into productive economic activities.
She also spoke of a need to engage with all unemployed graduates, listening to their experiences, understanding their needs, and working with them to pursue sustainable opportunities; as well as a need for a cap on the minerals that leave as unprocessed rocks.
‘We need to leverage public procurement to provide off-take for youth and women owned business. We can only do this if we leverage our convening powers as government,” Chikunga said. – SAnews.gov.za
GabiK
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 13:52