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City of Joburg starts allocating stalls and issuing smart cards to registered street traders
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Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says the city has started allocating stalls and issuing smart cards to registered street traders in the inner city.
Morero says the multidisciplinary team deployed for the verification process had been working every day, including weekends, since earlier this month.
He says they have onboarded many traders, verified their documentation and issued the first group with permits.
Stall allocations have also commenced in markets where space is immediately available.More than 450 volunteers have joined Mellon Educate’s 2025 Building Blitz earlier this week, in a major push to confront South Africa’s deepening literacy crisis.
With most Grade-4 learners unable to read for meaning, the initiative is transforming classrooms and creating dedicated literacy hubs in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department.
The MEC for Education, David Maynier, praised the collaboration:
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Morero says the multidisciplinary team deployed for the verification process had been working every day, including weekends, since earlier this month.
He says they have onboarded many traders, verified their documentation and issued the first group with permits.
Stall allocations have also commenced in markets where space is immediately available.More than 450 volunteers have joined Mellon Educate’s 2025 Building Blitz earlier this week, in a major push to confront South Africa’s deepening literacy crisis.
With most Grade-4 learners unable to read for meaning, the initiative is transforming classrooms and creating dedicated literacy hubs in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department.
The MEC for Education, David Maynier, praised the collaboration:
*sound*
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450 volunteers join Mellon Educate’s 2025 Building Blitz
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More than 450 volunteers have joined Mellon Educate’s 2025 Building Blitz earlier this week, in a major push to confront South Africa’s deepening literacy crisis.
With most Grade-4 learners unable to read for meaning, the initiative is transforming classrooms and creating dedicated literacy hubs in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department.
The MEC for Education, David Maynier, praised the collaboration:
*sound*
With most Grade-4 learners unable to read for meaning, the initiative is transforming classrooms and creating dedicated literacy hubs in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department.
The MEC for Education, David Maynier, praised the collaboration:
*sound*
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Free State Tourism Department anticipates to boost its economy with investors and tourists
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The Free State Tourism Department says the province has strong potential to boost its economy by attracting both investors and tourists.
The department officially launched the Free State Summer Tourism Campaign last week.
The province says it is ready to welcome tourists throughout all its districts this summer to explore its hidden gems.
The department officially launched the Free State Summer Tourism Campaign last week.
The province says it is ready to welcome tourists throughout all its districts this summer to explore its hidden gems.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:
The Rand is trading at 17.18 to the US Dollar, 22.43 to the British Pound, and 19.82 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,075.59 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 92,059.00.
The Rand is trading at 17.18 to the US Dollar, 22.43 to the British Pound, and 19.82 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,075.59 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 92,059.00.
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