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MAKE KASI GREAT   SOUTH AFRICA’S G20 PRESIDENCY AND THE PARTICATION OF WOMEN, YOUTH AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA South Africa has been given a rare opportunity and mammoth responsibility of hosting the G20 Presidency for 2025. The G20, or Group of  Twenty, is a strategic multilateral forum that brings together the world’s major developed and emerging economies. It plays a critical role in shaping international cooperation on the global economy, trade, public health, climate change, education, and sustainable development.  Ladies and gentlemen, It is for the very first time in the history of the G20 that the Presidency is held on the African continent, therefore, it is not just South Africa’s G20…it is Africa’s G20. As the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, we have been entrusted with the responsibility of chairing the Empowerment of Women Working Group, commonly referred to as the EWWG.  The EWWG foc...

MAKE KASI GREAT  HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING BUDGET VOTE SPEECH  @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING  BUDGET VOTE SPEECH: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES  Honourable Chairperson and Members, It is my honour to present the Department of Higher Education and Training’s Budget Vote for the 2025/26 financial year. Our commitment remains steadfast: to build a post-school education and training system that is inclusive, equitable, and responsive to the needs of our young people and our nation. We started this academic year with the reality of the cessation of United States funding to South African universities and researchers.  The unexpected decision has had devastating consequences for the South African Higher Education system. Out of the 26 public universities, at least 13 were affected by the termination.   However, there is reprieve as for the current Medium Term Expenditure Framework cycle the Departme...

LAW ENFORCEMENT HIGHJACKED BUILDINGS JOHANNESBURG  @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA PUBLIC SAFETY MMC MEDIA STATEMENT ON AN OPERATION TARGETING HIJACKED AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS IN THE INNER CITY  The Department of Public Safety today conducted a high-density operation targeting problematic and hijacked buildings. Law enforcement searched properties suspected of being unlawfully occupied or violating safety regulations. Officials enforced municipal bylaws to ensure compliance and maintain public The building at 242 Marshall Street had shacks inside, contravening the building control bylaw, which is a potential fire hazard.  The build contravenes the Fire Brigade Act, no escape routes, no fire extinguishers, and no signage.  The building had illegally connected electricity and water, and all were disconnected.  MAKEKASIGREAT©®™

GAUTENG HEALTH TENDERS @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA The Democratic Alliance (DA) demands that the Gauteng Health Department stop buying from companies linked to the fishy Tembisa Hospital contracts that murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran tried to halt. It is outrageous that R327 000 was paid last year for toilet rolls from Nokokhokho Medical Supplies - one of three companies owned by ANC Ekurhuleni Treasurer-General Sello Sekhokho which got 55 contracts worth R14.5 million from Tembisa Hospital from 2019 to 2021. This purchase is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu-Nkomo Ralehoko in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature. She admits there were irregularities in the Tembisa Hospital contracts to Sekhokho's companies, and that the SIU and Hawks are investigating them. But they have not been blacklisted as "The Department has not received feedback with regards to the investigation in relation to the three companies to proceed with blackli...

POWER GRAB MATZIKAMA  @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA Today, the Western Cape High Court founded in favour of the Democratic Alliance’s application to set aside what was in effect an illegal coup perpetrated by the ANC, EFF, PA and GOOD in Matzikama. See attached here and here. On 29 May 2025, the councillors of these parties stayed behind after a Council was adjourned, and in a caricature of school yard politics, removed the DA/FF+ coalition from government and placed themselves in governing positions. They then immediately proceeded to gain control of the processes and finances of the Municipality - after painstaking work by the DA to reverse the near bankrupt state of the municipality over the past two years. It is no coincidence that this happened just as the finances of the Municipality started to recover and, more importantly, the Council was going to launch investigations into past staff appointments, past attempts by councillors and officials in regards to busin...

MTHATHA EASTERN CAPE FLOODS @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) once again reiterates its sadness and sends its condolences to the families and loved ones of those who have been affected by the devastating floods in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.  The death toll due to the floods stands at 101-people, with untold damage having occurred to homes and infrastructure as families continue to try and piece their lives together.  The untold trauma of survivors who saw their homes, their families, their children and fellow South Africans lose their lives may take decades of healing and psychological help must be provided to survivors immediately. On the 28th of June 2025 the Commander in Chief and President of the EFF Julius Malema, the EFF Secretary General Marshall Dlamini alongside his Majesty King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo visited the hardest hit areas by the floods, including the centres that are now home to destitute and homeless South Africans. ...