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Ikomishoni yamalungelo oluntu, iSAHRC, kwiMpuma Koloni, idandalazise ingxelo equlathe iziphumo zophando lwayo obelugxile kumgangatho wamanzi eli phondo, iziseko zamanzi nongcoliseko lwamanzi lilindle, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Olu phando lulandela izikhalazo eziye zafakwa luluntu ngenkxalabo yalo ngokubhekiselele ekuphalakeni kwelindle kumanzi aselwayo kwimilambo ethile, nakumanzi akwimimandla eselunxwemeni. Ukuxoxa banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe umkhomishinala ophuma kule komishoni, uAseza Gungubele...

Namhlanje sivukele kwiindaba zokulahla kobe yintloko yecandelo lophando oluchasene norhwaphilizo, i-IDAC, uAndrea Johnson, kwisikhundla sakhe, nto leyo iye yamkelwa ngumongameli uCyril Ramaphosa. Oku kwenzeka nanjengoko uJohnson exinwa ngemibuzo kwikomishoni ka Madlanga. Ukanti ebevelile nanamhlanje phambi kwale komishoni. Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezithe zavela susela oko athe waqalisa ukunikezela ngobungqina bakhe phambi kwale komishoni, zezokuba walahlekisa ikomiti yethutyana yasepalamente nebiphanda izityholo zongenelelo lopolitiko norhwaphilizo kwinkqubo yezobulungisa yeli lizwe. Ukuhlalutya banzi ngokulahla kwakhe, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala wamkela umhlalutyi wezopolitiko, uGqirha Xolisile Ngumbela...

Inkundla ephakamileyo eNtshona Koloni igwebe ngakwicala likamongameli uCyril Ramaphosa, ekubeni athintele ukuqhuba komsebenzi wekomiti yasePalamente echophele ukuphula-phula ubungqina ngebholo lokubiwa kwemali kwifama yakhe iPhala-Phala ngo-2020, ngokuphenjelelwa yingxelo yegqiza leengcali zomthetho iSection 89 Panel. Le ngxelo yafumanisa ukuba ukho umsi oqhumayo wobungqina obungathwalisa umongameli uxanduva ngeli bholo, nelinokuphembelela ekubeni asuswe kwisikhundla sakhe. URamaphosa uye wafaka esi sicelo enkundleni, ngelithi le komiti mayingaqhubi nomsebenzi wayo, de kuphulaphulwe isicelo sakhe sokucel'umngeni kule ngxelo ye-Section 89 Panel, kwinyanga ka-September walo nyaka. U-Ayabonga Kekana uncokole nengcali yezomthetho, uAdvocate Jazz Vilakazi...

Iyaqala imidlalo yeWomen's Africa Cup of Nations, iWAFCON ngamafuphi, ngeCawa eMorocco. Ngamaqela alishumi elinesithandathu azakuthi akhuphisane ukuthathela kuwo itayitile yelizwekazi, nokuzilungiselela indawo kumdlalo wendebe yehlabathi yeFIFA yamanina, eBrazil ngo2027. Kusenjalo, lusuku lwesibini namhlanje lemidlalo yeCommonwealth eGlasgow, eScotland. Ukuba sincokole ngale midlalo, uAmanda Xhala ubambe intatheli yeli jelo yezemidlalo, uSanele Nongauza...

Amanye amaqela aphikisayo ePalamente avakalise ukudana sisigqibo senkundla yaseNtshona Koloni, sokugweba ngakwicala likamongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ekuthinteleni ukuqhuba komsebenzi wekomiti yasePalamente, echophele ukuphula-phula ubungqina bebholo lokubiwa kwemali kwifama yakhe iPhala-Phala ngo-2020, ngokuphenjelelwa yingxelo yegqiza leengcali zomthetho iSection 89 Panel. Ingxelo kaZalene Marrington siyilungiselelwe nguVuyolwethu Mabeqa...

Inkundla ephakamileyo eNtshona Koloni igwebe ngakwicala likamongameli uCyril Ramaphosa, ekubeni athintele ukuqhuba komsebenzi wekomiti yasePalamente echophele ukuphula-phula ubungqina bebholo lokubiwa kwemali kwifama yakhe iPhala-Phala ngo-2020, ngokuphenjelelwa yingxelo yegqiza leengcali zomthetho iSection 89 Panel. Le ngxelo yafumanisa ukuba ukho umsi oqhumayo wobungqina obungathwalisa umongameli uxanduva ngeli bholo, nelinokuphembelela ekubeni asuswe kwisikhundla sakhe. URamaphosa uye wafaka esi sicelo enkundleni, ngelithi le komiti mayingaqhubi nomsebenzi wayo, de kuphulaphulwe isicelo sakhe sokucel'umngeni kule ngxelo kwinyanga ka-September. U-Abongwe Kobokana uza nengxelo...

Igunyabantu elilawula iimveliso zezempilo, iSouth African Health Products Regulatory Authoriy, iSAHPRA ngamafuphi, lilumkise ngokwanda kwamayeza omgunyathi kwelilizwe. ISAHPRA ithi amaqela oonqevu olwaphulo-mthetho olucetyiweyo athande ukuxhaphaka kwicandelo leemalike zeli ngamayeza angekho mthethweni, naquka izitofu zabo bafuna ukunciphisa umzimba, iipilisi zeentlungu kwakunye nezonyango zezifo ezinganyangekiyo kodwa ezilawulekayo, ezifana neHIV. Ukuba sive banzi ngale nkxalabo, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe ophuma kwi-ofisi engokuthotyelwa kwemiqathango ebekiweyo yeemveliso zezempilo (Regulatory Complaince Officer) kwa SAHPRA, uCoceka Ntantala...

Amanye amaqela opolitiko amemelela kumphathiswa wesebe lemali kuzwelonke, uEnoch Godongwana, ukuba achithe ibhodi yequmrhu lotyalo-mali yabasebenzi bakarhulumente, iPublic Investment Corporation, ukukhusela imali yomhlala-phantsi yabasebenzi bakarhulumente ze emva koko kuchongwe ibhodi yethutyana enyanisekileyo, nenobuchule obufunekayo ukubuyisela intembeko yoluntu kweli qumrhu nelibaluleke kakhulu eMzantsi Afrika. Oku kuza nanjengoko eliqumrhu lijamelene neengxaki zolawulo, nongenelelo lwabezopolitiko kulandela ukunqunyanyiswa kwengqonyela uPatrick Dlamini, nokulahla esikhundleni kwamanye amalungu ebhodi emva kwezityholo ezivele kwingxelo yoodiz'amahlebo. La maqela athi iPIC ayiyiyo eyezopolitiko, okanye imidla yabo yoshishino. Ukushukuxa lo mba,neminye, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala wamkela ophuma kumbutho wabasebenzi bakarhulumente, uMadoda Maxakane... 

Ikomishoni ezimeleyo yezonyulo ibongoza imibutho yezopolitiko nabo banqwenela ukuba ngabagqatswa abazimeleyo, ukuba basebenzise eli thuba ukufaka abagqatswa babo noluhlu lwabaxhasi babo kwinkqubo engqamene nokutyunjwa kwabagqatswa yale komishoni efumaneka kwi-internet, i-OCNS ngamafuphi. UAmanda Xhala uncokole nosekela-manejala kwikomishoni ezimeleyo yezonyulo kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni, uMasindi Mosehana...

Inyanga yeKhala yinyanga engokubaluleka kokonga imali, iSavings Month, nalapho kukhuthazwa uluntu ukuba longe imali ukulungiselela ingomso. Ngokokweenkcukacha zebhanka enguvimba iSARB, iqondo lokonga imali eMzantsi Afrika lehle layokutsho ku -1.4% kwikota yesine yonyaka ophelileyo, into echaza ukuba amakhaya achitha imali eninzi kunengeniso ayifumanayo, nto leyo eyenza kubenzima ukubeka imali ecaleni. Oku kubangelwa luxinzelelo loqoqosho kweli nekukwakhokhelela ekubeni uluntu luxhomekeke ekubolekeni imali luzifaka ematyaleni. Ukuncokola banzi ngokubaluleka kokonga imali, on the line Amanda Xhala is now joined by the National Debt Counselling Association chairperson, Rene Moonsamy...

Iofisi kanondyebo iphonononga umgaqo nkqubo ogxile kwirhafu efakwa etywaleni ngeenzame zokuphelisa umonakalo odalwa kukuselwa kotywala ngokugqithisileyo kwakunye nokuthengiswa kotywala ngokungekho mthethweni. Nangona kunjalo, abavelisi kwakunye nabo bashishina ngotywala bathi ukongeza irhafu kwiziselo ezinxilisayo ayisosisombululo koko abo bathengisa utywala bomgunyathi bazakuxhamla. Olu phononongo lungabona kufakwa uchatha ka 20 percent kwiziselo ezifana neBeer. On the line we are joined by Convenor of the National Liquor Traders, Lucky Ntimane. 

Ngethuba umphicothi zincwadi uTsakani Maluleke esenza ingxelo yonyaka mali ka2024-2025, ngomasipala boMzantsi Afrika wavakalisa ukuba siyaxhalabisa isimo sabo nanjengoko ungekho mkhulu umehluko xa kuthelekiswa nonyakamali ogqithileyo. Komasipala abayi-257, abangamashumi amathathu anesithoba (39) bafumene iclean audit ngelithuba omasipala abangamashumi amathathu anesibhozo (38) kubo kuquka nomasipala abambaxa abathathu, bebuyele umva kwiingxelo zabo ukusukela ngonyaka ka2021.  Uphicotho kwakunye nenkqubo yoomasipala abambaxa  abasibhozo, bayaqhubeka nokungaqhubi kakuhle nento echaphazela izigidi zabantu. Kutsha nje, isebe likanondyebo belibambe okwetyhutyana isabelo semali yomasipala abangamashumi asithandathu anesithoba kuquka omasipala abasixhenxe beMpuma Koloni. U-Ayabonga Kekana uncokole nothethela umphathiswa kwisebe lorhulumento ngentsebenziswano eMpuma Koloni uPheelo Oliphant...

Ikomishoni yamalungelo oluntu kwiMpuma Koloni ithi ifumene izikhalazo ezibonisa ukuba abantu abadinga unyango lwe-dialysis abakwazi ukufikelela kule nkonzo kwizibhedlele zikarhulumente zeli phondo. Le komishoni ithi ezi zityholo zixhomisa amehlo, ziyaxhalabisa, kwaye zinyhasha ilungelo lomntu lobomi, isidima, nelekufikelela kwinkonzo yokhathalelo lwezempilo.  Kuloko ke le komishoni igqibe kwelokuba ikhwebe inkqubo yokuphulaphula izimvo zoluntu, neza kugxila ekufikeleleni kwiinkonzo ze-dialyis kumaziko empilo karhulumente kweli phondo. Amanda Xhala ubambe udliwano ndlebe ne-Advocacy Officer ejongene namalungelo oluntu kule komishoni kwiphondo, uNelson Kesa...

Kwinqaku lethu lophicotho ncwadi kulempelaveki, sijonga incwadi enesihloko sithi "Daddy if you can hear me" ebhalwe ngu nyawontle uXolamzi Sam. Lencwadi igxile kwimiba echaphazela impatho mbi ngokwesini. U-Ayabonga Kekana uncokole nombhali wale ncwadi umfundisi uXolamzi Sam...  

Iinkcukacha ezingeyonyani ezilahlekisayo, neziphenjelelwa ngamanye amazwe aquka iNigeria kunye neGhana malunga nezityholo zobundlobongela oluphenjelelwa yintiyo yobuzwe, iXenophobia, ziyaqhuba nokuchaphazela indlela uMzantsi Afrika obonwa ngayo ngamanye amazwe, amashishini, abatyeleli kunye nabo banomdla wokutyala imali kweli. Oku kuza ngexesha apho kukho ukungaboni ngasonye phakathi kwabanye abemi boMzantsi Afrika nabemi abaphuma kwamanye amazwe. U-Amanda Xhala uye wancokola noyiGlobal Political Economist and Reputation Specialist, uGqirha Malusi Mncube.. 

Isigwebo sakutsha nje senkundla yomgaqo-siseko esichaphazela ulwakhiwo lwezindlu zokuqeshisa ngendawo yokuhlala kwisixeko saseKapa eNtshona Koloni, siphakamise iingxoxo nesimemelelo sokuba kwakhiwe izindlu eziqeshishayo ezifikelelekayo kwabo bahlawulwa imivuzo esezantsi, nabaphangela kwiidolophu. Ingaba esi sigwebo sizakubanefuthe elinjani kuqulunqo lwemigaqo-nkqubo yolwakhiwo lwezindlu kwiidolophu? Amanda Xhala speaks with Professor Hangwelani Magidimisha of the Town and Regional Planning and Infrastructure Development, from the University of Kwazulu-Natal.

Ayaphokoka amazwi ovelwano kulandela ukukhothama kosihlalo wendlu yeenkokheli zemveli eMpuma Koloni, uNkosi Mpumalanga Gwadiso. Ingxelo zakusasa zingqinile ukuba umntwan'egazi, uNkosi uGwadiso ukhothame kwikhaya lakhe elikwilali iNtsundwane ngaseNgqeleni. Intatheli yethu u-Ayabonga Kekana iye yancokola nongusekela-sihlalo kwindlu yeenkokheli zemveli kuzwelonke uNkosi Langa Mavuso ngendima nomqela oshiywa ngemva nguNkosi uGwadiso...

Kule veki ikomishoni yonyulo ezimeleyo ikhupha umyalezo ogxininisa ukuba abemi boMzantsi Afrika abaselungelweni, mabayokubhalisela unyulo xa kuzakuphinda kuvulwe inyoba yesibini yobhaliso kwimpela veki yomhla wokuqala nowesibini kweyeKhala kulonyala. Oku kwenziwa ukulungiselela unyulo loomasipala oluzayo, kwaye umphathiswa wesebe lolawulo ngentsebenziswano ulindeleke ukuba afake kumqulu karhulumente usuku lonyulo kulonyaka. U-Amanda Xhala uncokole nongusekela manejala kwa-IEC eMpuma Koloni uMasindi Mosehana...  

Kulemihla, ukuba nebanga leshumi, imfundo enomsila ayisosiqinisekiso sokuba ungawufumana umsebenzi. Uninzi labantu abatsha bazibona bengakwazi ukugqobhozela bangene emisebenzini. Ezinye zezinto ezikhankanywayo njengonobangela kukungabi nazakhono zokwenza lomsebenzi okanye amava omsebenzi. IMomentum Group Foundation ikwiphulo lokuzama ukuvala lomsantsa. Bazakutyelela amaphondo aliqela befundisa uluntu ngabanokwenza ukuze bakwazi ukungena emisebenzini. Amanda Xhala spoke with the  CSI manager at Momentum Group Foundation, Tshego Bokaba. 

Urhulumente wephondo iMpuma Koloni udandalazise inkqubo yongenelelo koomasipala abachatshazelwe kukunqunyanyiswa kwesibonelelo ekubonelelwa ngaso oomasipala ngunondyebo wesizwe. Ngoomasipala abangamashumi amathandathu kuzwelonke abachatshazelwe koku kunkonywa kwesibonelelo, ukanti kwiMpuma Koloni bathandathu. Ukuva banzi ngolu ngenelelo, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe umphathiswa weSebe lolawulo ngentsebenziswano kwiphondo, uZolile Williams...

Umasipala ombaxa iNelson Mandela Bay eMpuma Koloni, ubekele bucala imali engange R5.6million ukulungisa nokuphucula iilwandle zalo masipala, kunyaka mali ka 2026/2027. Lo masipala nosele ufumene 'iBlue Flag status' amatyeli amane, uthi kwiminyaka eliqela egqithileyo ubone lisanda inani labakhenkethi nabatyeleli kunxweme lwawo. Ukuva banzi ngoku, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe isithethi salo masipala, uSithembiso Soyaya...

Likhankanyiwe igama lenkokheli yeEFF, uJulius Malema, ngethuba bekunikezelwa ubungqina kwikomishoni yophando kaMadlanga. Igama lakhe livele kwincoko eyayiphakathi konqunyayisiweyo oyintloko yezobuntlola esipoliseni, uMajor General Feroz Khan, kwakunye noligosa eliphezulu kwinkampani eyenza amacuba, uMohamed Sayed. Obu bungqina bobaphakathi konyaka ka2020 no2023, nobutyhola aba bathathu ngokuceba ukususa owayeyi Inspector-General yezobuntlola, uSetlhomamaru Dintwe, kwisihlalo sakhe. Kukwakho izityholo zokuba uKhan wayenikezela ngeenkcukacha ekungafanelekanga ukuba unikezele ngazo kuMalema. Kuyavakala ukuba uMalema ubhalele ikomishoni esithi akakwazi ukuqinisekisa ubunyani bale miyalezo eyayiphakathi kuka Khan noSayed. Emnxebeni sinayo ingcali yezopolitiko, uHlumelo Xaba... 

Isiseko se-democracy eluqilima nezinzileyo sisekelezelwe kumanyano lwesizwe. UMzantsi Africa kule nyanga uphawula inyanga egxile kumanyano lwesizwe, iSocial Cohesion Month ngolwasemzini. Sukela ngonyaka ka-1994, uluntu loMzantsi Afrika oluphuma kwiinkolo, iintlanga, iinkcubeko neelwimi ezahlukileyo, lwathi lwaqalisa ukuhlalisana ngoxolo nto leyo ebonisa ukuba eli lizwe leloluntu lonke lweli, kungakhethwanga bala lamntu. Umanyano lwesizwe lubaluleke njani kwilizwe elilawulwa yi-democracy? Ukuxoxa banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni sinomhlalutyi wezopolitiko, uGqirha Mkhuseli Vimba... 

Umongameli uCyril Ramphosa uphinde walangeza ixesha lokusebenza kwekomishoni ephanda izityholo zongenelelo lomkhambathi woonqevu kunye nefuthe lezopolitiko kwinkqubo yezobulungisa kunye naleyo yolulwa ulwaphulo-mthetho. Ikomishoni kaMadlanga bekulindeleke ukuba ifake ingxelo yayo yokugqibela ngenyanga ka-August walo nyaka, kodwa ngoku umongameli uthe le ngxelo mayifakwe ngenyanga ka-November. U-Ayabonga Kekana uye wancokola nengcali kulawulo lwenkonzo yesipolisa u-Zimisele Nxafani...

Incwadi osihloko sayo sithi "Jobless, Not Useless, Surviving the Silence" neebhalwe ngu-Abulele Mnqwazi ibalisa ngemingeni abo bangaphangeliyo abajongana nayo. UMnqwazi noyinzalelwane yaseMatatiele uye wancokola no-Ayabonga Kekana kwinkqubo u-Interchange...    

Abasebenzi boMasipala wommandla i-Dr AB Xuma, eMpuma Koloni, banikwe isithintelo senkundla, kunye neeleta zokunqunyaniswa kwabo emsebenzini. Oku kulandela imigushuzo abebeyibamba ngenxa yokungoneliseki yintsebenziswano phakathi kwabo nomasipala, emva kokuba befake izikhalazo ngokungaxoli yimiba ethile edibene nemali.  Ngokwengxelo, kuvakala ukuba lo masipala akayihlawulanga imali ekufanele ukuba uyayihlawula yabasebenzi kwingxowamali yomhlalaphantsi, i-Medical Aid kunye neUIF. Ukuva banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ukrwece usihlalo we-SAMWU ephondweni, uLonwabo Delihlazo... 

INTRO: Ikomishoni yonyulo ezimeleyo imemelela yonke imibutho yezopolitiko, abagqatswa abazimeleyo kunye nabavoti ngokubanzi, ukuba banike uluvo lwabo ngomgaqo ochasene nokupapashwa okanye ukusasazwa kweenkcukacha ezingeyonyani. UMzantsi Afrika unikwa de ibe ngumhla wamashumi amabini ananye kule nyanga ukufaka olu luvo. Ikomishoni ithi abemi beli bonke kufuneka bazi ukuba ukuthintela iinkcukacha ezingeyonyani, luxanduva lommi wonke weli. Ngokukhupha iinkcukacha eziyinyani nokwala ukukhupha iinkcukacha ezingeyonyani, ngaloo ndlela uqinisekisa ukuba inkqubo yonyulo yinkqubo engenamakhwiniba. UAmanda Xhala uncokole  nongusekela-mlawuli kwa-IEC kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni, u Masindi Mosehana..... 

Umasipala ombaxa iNelson Mandela Bay eMpuma Koloni ngomnye woomasipala abakhulu eMzantsi Afrika ojamelene nemingeni eliqela, equka ukuhanjiswa kweenkonzo ezisemgangathweni kuluntu, urhulumento olungazinzanga, iincwadi zopicotho ungekho moulds nokungaqokeleli ngeniso yaneleyo phakathi kwezinye izinto. Abahlali balo masipala kwimimandla eyohlukileyo  nje bavakalise ukungaxoli ziinkonzo abangazifumaniyo kulo masipala ezifana nombane kunye namanzi. U-Ayabonga Kekana kunye no-Yolanda Kambile bancokole naye usodolophu walo masipala uBabalwa Lobishe…

Umbutho wabafundi baseMzantsi Afrika i-SAUS, ububambe indibano entsuku-ntathu ejolise kwimiba yeendawo zokuhlala zabafundi, i-Student Accommodation Indaba, kwimpelaveki egqithileyo kwiphondo iKwaZulu-Natal. Lendibano ihlanganise ndawonye bonke abathathi-nxaxheba ababalulekileyo kwicandelo leendawo zokuhlala zabafundi. Oku kuza emva kweminyaka abafundi bejamelane nemingeni eqhubekayo enxulumene nokufumana iindawo zokuhlala. UAmanda Xhala uncokole nophuma kwiSAUS, uMhlengi Ngubo.  

I-Construction Industry Development Board, (CIDB),  ibambisene neziko mfundo iUniversity of Johannesburg, isungule inkqubo yayo yokunikezela ngezatifiketi zokwakha, eMpuma Koloni. Eli phulo lijolise ekuxhobiseni oonokonkraka abasakhasayo ngezakhono zokuphucula ukuhanjiswa kweenkonzo kunye nokwakha amashishini azinzileyo. Eli nyathelo liza ngexesha apho iphondo lijolise ekuqiniseni uphuhliso lweziseko zophuhliso nokukhuthaza ukukhula koqoqosho. Ukuva banzi, emnxebeni sinaye okhekele liphulo uNkosinathi Kuseni... 

Umongameli weANC, uCyril Ramaphosa, namhlanje udibene neenkokheli zemveli kunye nabahlali kwikomkhulu iQamata eCofimvaba eMpuma Koloni. Ikomkhulu laseQamata liphantsi kokumkani uDalimvula Matanzima. Inkqubo yokudibanisa amavolontiya, yeminye yemiba ebangele umongameli ukuba atyelele le ndawo. Ukusichazela banzi ngokwenzeke namhlanje,uAmana Xhala uncokole  nentatheli yeli jelo uNomzwanele Mngoma... 

Namhlanje kuphawulwa unyaka susela ukuba uLt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi wathi wenza izityholo zokugquba kolwaphulo mthetho kwinkqubo yezobulungisa. Ezizityholo zakhokelela ekubeni kumiliselwe ikomishoni yophando, iMadlanga Commission, nesele ikhokhelele ekubanjweni kwabantu abakwizikhundla eziphezulu abaquka amagosa esipolisa aphezulu, nabo batyholwa ngokuba ngoongqondongqondo kulwaphulo mthetho olucetyiweyo. Ukuva ukuba oku kubenetyheneba elinjani kwisipolisa, uAmanda Xhala uncokole nothethela imanyano yamagosa esipolisa, iSAPU, uJabu Mabena...

We review a book called Duncan Village, authored by Dr Mike Bisopu who Ayabonga our presenter had an interview with on the show. 

Iminxeba yohlobo lweSmartphones ibonwa njengento eyenza ubomi lula nethembakeleyo. Kodwa okukuthembakala kungaba yingxaki nanjengoko uluntu luphela luxhomekeka kuyo. Abantwana abaqala kwiminyaka elithoba ubudala babona iminxeba ingabahlobo nalapho bencokola neChatbots. Kutsha nje kukho izehlo zabantwana ekurhanelwa ukuba baye bazibulala ngenkolelo yokulandela imiyalelo abayifumana kwimidlalo ye internet abayidlala kwiminxeba yabo. Ingaba ithini indima yabazali ekuqinisekiseni ukuba abantwana bayisebenzisa ngendlela iminxeba yabo. U-Amanda Xhala uncokole ngengcali kwimiba yobuchwepheshe ne-Artificial Intelligence uChuma Memela...

Iphinde yaphazamiseka inkqubo yekomishoni ka Madlanga ngenxa yenkxalabo yokhuseleko lengqina. Ubungqina balowo uzichaza njengosomashishini nempimpi yamapolisa, uTumelo Nku, buye bamiswa ngenxa yoku. Ubandakanyeka kwinkqubo yokubanjwa kweziyobisi e-Aeroton ngamapolisa eRhawutini ngo 2021. Oku kungaphinde kubeke esithatheni umba wokhuseleko lwamangqina kule komishoni. U-Amanda Xhala uncokole nentatheli yeli jelo uSibahle Motha...

Ikomishoni yonyulo ezimeleyo yoMzantsi Afrika, izakubamba ucweyo oluqulathe uqeqesho oluxhobisa imibutho yezopolitiko kuquka nabagqatswa abazakungenela unyulo loo masipala, kwinyanga yeNkanga kulo nyaka. Olu cweyo luzakubanjwa kuwo onke amaphondo ukusukela ngomhla wesithandathu ukuya kumhla weshumi elinesithandathu kule nyanga siyiqalayo. Imibutho yezopolitiko nabo bazakuzigqatsela ungenela unyulo, bayakhuthazwa ukuba babhalisele ukuba yinxalenye yolu cweyo. Amanda Xhala uncokola nongusekela manejala kwa-IEC apha ephondweni uMasindi Mosehana.....

Indlu yowiso-mthetho eMpuma Koloni ibibambe ipalamente yolutsha, iYouth Parliment, kwiveki ephelileyo. Le ndibano ibidibanise ulutsha oluvela kuwo onke amacandelo ephondo, phantsi komxolo othi: "Celebrating 30 years of our Constitution: A conscientised Youth Advancing and Inclusive Economy and Ending Gender-Based Violence on the 50th Anniversary of the 1976 uprising". Ukuva banzi ngeziphumo zale ndibano, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe ophuma kwiSouth African Youth Council, uAyanda Makebenge...

Umphicothi zincwadi weli u Tsakani Maluleke, kwiveki edlulileyo uthe daca ingxelo yopicotho loomasipala kunyaka-mali u-2024/25. Kwezi ziphumo ngokutsho komphicothi zincwadi, kubonakala ukuphucuka okuthile nokubangelwa kukufakwa kwamaxwebhu adingekayo ngabanye oomasipala, bembalwa abangawafakanga lama xwebhu. Nangona kunjalo, basibhozo kuphela oomasipala kwabo bayi-39 eMpuma Koloni abafumane abanencwadi ezinopicotho olucocekileyo. Enkqubeni siye sajonga upicotho loomasipala bephondo ngokwale ngxelo. U-Ayabonga Kekana kunye noYolanda Kambile baye bancokola noyi-Business Unit Leader kwi-ofisi yomphicothi-zincwadi apha ephondweni, uThobile Ntetha...

Meshack Mugabe's "Fix Local Government or Perish" offers a sharp, unflinching diagnosis of why local government is failing and what must be done to restore it. Ayabonga Kekana interiews the author 

Icandelo lezifundo zoshishino noqoqosho kwiziko-mfundo iNelson Mandela University eMpuma Koloni likwiphulo lokuqokelela ii-Scientific Calculators ukunceda abafundi bamabanga aphakamileyo nabenza izifundo zezibalo. Eli phulo liyinxalenye yokuphawula iphulo lehlabathi lokukhumbula umqela walowo wayengumongameli weli uNelson Mandela. u Ayabonga Kekana ubambe udliwano ndlebe nophuma kwi marketing office kweliziko lemfundo u Sinaye Willie

Umphicothi zincwadi weli u Tsakani Maluleke, ebebambe indibano noonondaba izolo enikeza ingxelo emva kwendibano yakhe nekomiti yepalamente ejongene nentsebenziswano kulawulo lukarhulumente nemicimbi yemveli, yeziphumo zophicotho lwakhe loomasipala beli lonyakamali u 2024/25. Kweziziphumo ngokutsho komphicothi zincwadi, kubonakala ukuphucuka okuthile nokubangelwa kukufakwa kwamaxwebhu adingekayo ngabanye oomasipala, bembalwa abangawafakanga lamaxwebhu. Namhlanje ke kwinkqubo-ndaba yakho uAyabonga Kekana ukrwece oyiBusiness Unit Leader kwi ofisi yomphicothi-zincwadi kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni, uThobile Ntetha...

Kunyaka ka-2023 ngumyinge ka-33 percent wabafundi abenza ibanga leshumi abaachophela iimviwo zephepha lezibalo, ngethuba bebalelwa ku-66% abafundi kweli abenza iMathematical Literacy. Kukho inkxalabo ngokuba abafundi xa befika kwibakala le-Further Education and Training phase okanye amabanga aphakathi kuka-Grade 10 no-Grade 12, baye bakhethe ukwenza i-Pure Mathematics kune Mathematical Literacy? Yintoni ebangela oku kwaye ikhona into esi s'khwa s'lima kwesi sigqibo? Emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe ophuma kwiSebe lemfundo esisiseko noyingcali kwizifundo zezibalo, uSeliki Tlabane…

UMzantsi Afrika ujamelene nomngeni omandla wentswelangqesho. Ngokweenkcukacha zeziko iStats SA zekota yokuqala yalo nyaka, iqondo lentswela-ngqesho kulutsha oluphakathi kweminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ukuya kumashumi amabini anesine ubudala likumyinge we 60,9%, ngeli lixa elolutsha oluphakathi kweminyaka engamashumi amabini anesine ukuya kumashumi amathathu anesine ubudala likumyinge we 40.6%. Amaqondo kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni akumyinge we 29.8%. Kungesi sizathu ke iqumrhu lezoshishino kumasipala ombhaxa iNelson Mandela Bay ligqibe kwelokuba lingenelele ngokuthi lincedise ekulweni intswela-ngqesho ngenkqubo yalo ebizwa iDigital Technician Training Programme. Ukuxoxa banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana uhleli noyi-Chief Growth Officer kwiNelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, uLunga Mjodo... 

The UCT's Children’s Institute and a group of South African parents, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, took the Home Affairs Department to the Western Cape High Court over the massive registration backlog. This legal action is due to the severe delays in the processing of applications for birth registration, and the significant consequences this has on the constitutional rights of children. Amanda Xhala is in conversation with the Children's Institute's Amanda Mpedi...

Umbutho woluntu kumasipala ombaxa iNelson Mandela Bay, iCivil Society Coalition, unezikhalazo eziliqela neziyinkxalabo ngomasipala i-NMB. Phakathi kwezikhalazo zabo kuquka umgangatho ongaphucukanga wokusiwa kweenkonzo eluntwini, ukuchitheka kwelindle ezitalatweni, neendlela ezingekhosemgangathweni. U-Ayabonga Kekana uye wancokola nomanejala walo masipala uSithembiso Soyaya malunga nezikhalazo zabahlali....  

Kule mpela-veki siphuma kuyo ikomishoni yonyulo ezimeleyo i-IEC ibiqhuba inkqubo yokubhalisela uvoto loo masipala luka-2026 ngo-November. Masincokole nekomishoni ukuva ukuba iqhube njani le nkqubo ingakumbi kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni, nokuba abantu abangakhange bakwazi ukubhalisa kule mpela-veki bangakwazi na bona ukubhalisa kumaqonga obuchwepheshe ekomishoni? Emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana wamkela usekela-manejala we-IEC ephondweni uMasindi Mosehana…

Ixesha elininzi iingxoxo ezigxile kwimfundo eMzantsi Afrika zigxila kakhulu ekubeni uluntu lufikelele kwimfundo ephakamileyo. Kodwa nangona kunjalo abanye abafundi abaphumelele emagqabini kwibanga leshumi baye badibane nemingeni kwiindawo abafunda kuzo, nalapho iziphumo ezihle kungesosixhobo sokuvuselela ukuzithemba. Abanye abafundi abase Yunivesithi bathi ubunzima abadibana nabo buquka ukuphila phantsi koxinezelelo, ukuzimela kwakunye nokungaqiniseki ukuba uzakufikelela njani empumelelweni. Noxa kunjalo, iziko iRuta Sechaba Foundation, lincedisana nabafundi ukuze bafikelele kwinqanaba lempumelelo. Eliziko kulo nyaka ligqiba iminyaka elishumi liqhuba namaphulo okunceda abafundi. Ukusabela banzi ngomsebenzi walo, nokujonga ukuba ngabafundi abanjani elithi lincedisane nabo, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala uthethe noligosa eliphezulu elijongene nezicwangciso zonxibelelwano kweliziko nase Curro, uNatasha Mkhize....

Ebutsheni bale nyanga, i-arhente yezobuchwepheshe ebizwa i-Technology Innovation Agency, iTIA ngamafuphi, nephantsi kweSebe lezenzululwazi, ubuchwepheshe nokusungulwa kweemveliso ezintsha, ityikitye izivumelwano namaziko amane, ngeenzame zokuvulwa kwamathuba kumaphulo entsebenziswano, kwiinkqubo zophuhliso lwezakhono, nokusekwa kweziseko zobuchwepheshe, phakathi kwezinye izinto.  Le arhente izibophelele ekwakheni uqoqosho olukhokelwa bubuchwepheshe obuza nohlumo, nokuveliswa  kwezithuba zengqesho. Ikwaxhasa neemveliso zobuchwepheshe ezintsha, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ukuva banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe oyi General Manager for Stakeholder Relations and Strategic Partnerships, kwi Technology innovation Agency, uThandi Moyo-Nquma... 

Intlanganisela yemibutho yoluntu noshishino kumasipala ombhaxa iNelson Mandela Bay eMpuma Koloni, ikhuphe isilumkiso esingqongqo ngoko ikubiza nje ngokufadala kohanjiso lweenkonzo kulo masipala. Le ntlanganisela iphawule iziseko zeendlela ezifadalalayo, ukungakhuseleki koluntu, ukuqhawu-qhawuka kwamanzi nombane, nokusilela kukamasipala ukuhlangabezana nale mingeni, nebeke ichaphaza kwinkangeleko yalo masipala umbhaxa. U-Amanda Xhala uncokole nisithethi se-Civil Society Coalition, uZukile Madikane...

Do we need more Technical High Schools to equip pupils with vocational training skills? Ayabonga Kekana poses this question to the Basic Education Department's Deputy Director-General for the Curriculum Policy, Support and Monitoring branch Dr. Barney Mthembu and Education Specialist, Nomandla Singeni...