BY REGINALD KANYANE
NORTH West Youth Entrepreneurship Services will complete a youth camp programme on Sunday. The director of YES, Thapelo Sekawana said the programme was organised by Office of the Premier in North West.

“The successful programme was in conjunction with the Department of Defence and Military Veterans will conclude in Zeerust tomorrow.

“A church service will be attended by Premier Supra Mahumapelo. This is scheduled to mark the successful ending of the Youth Camp at the two South African Infantry Battalion in Zeerust tomorrow,” Sekawana said.

He said the youth camps were aimed at addressing the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequalities affecting youth in the province.

“Previous youth camps were successfully held in Potchefstroom and the next youth camp is scheduled to be held in Mahikeng during the month of July,” he said.
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The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Deputy Chief Electoral Officer for Electoral Operations, Sy Mamabolo, has urged South Africans to continue visiting their municipal offices to register to vote in the Local Government Elections.

President Jacob Zuma announced the date for the elections, August 3 2016, last month. Mamabolo says South Africans are free to register up until the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs David van Rooyen proclaims the date.

He says so far there is no indication of when exactly the date will be proclaimed.

“We have not finalised consultation with the Minister in this regard, we will issue an alert when a date has been finalised.”

Source: sabc

Another school has been set alight in the Vuwani area in Limpopo.

This follows the arrest of eight more people overnight  in connection with this week’s violence in the region during which 24 schools and other government buildings were torched and looted.

The latest arrests bring the number of people arrested since Friday to 23.

The latest incident of arson occurred while two teams of police officers were searching for suspects in Vuwani and surrounding areas

A house of a community member was also set alight overnight despite a strong police presence in the area.

The latest incident of arson occurred while two teams of police officers were searching for suspects in Vuwani and surrounding areas.

Members of the pro-Makhado community structure are among those arrested overnight.

Meanwhile, the situation is slowly returning to normal with shops already opening for the day.

The protests were suspended on Friday, but residents say they will resume with the shutdown of services from Saturday.

Police are continuing to monitor the situation.

Source: sabc

Cape Town – A group of pensioners arrested outside Parliament have been released, police said on Friday.

The group were forcefully removed after a two-day sit-in outside Parliament’s gates. They refused to allow cars to enter.

On Friday, a group of younger protesters joined them and demanded access to the grounds.

Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said 51 people were arrested and released after a discussion between their legal representatives,police, and the National Prosecuting Authority.

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Johannesburg – The ANC has responded to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report released on Thursday on alleged conflation between party and the state regarding the Free State provincial government’s Operation Hlasela.

ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said on Friday: “While we unambiguously accept that state resources should never be utilised to political party campaigning, it is our assertion that this view by the Public Protector is unfortunate.”

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Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has committed the government to help ailing SAA to overcome its challenges.

Zuma visited Airways Park on Friday, the headquarters of South African Airways, as part of his monitoring programme, the Presidency said.

“I’m pleased by the board and senior management’s commitment to implement the long-term turnaround strategy to put the airline on a path of commercial sustainability,” Zuma said.

The president had meetings with the staff and board members during which he received reports about the performance of the company.

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Cape Town – A man who was thrown from a moving train after he attempted to intervene when robbers hit commuters has been told he will never walk again.

But the family of Darryn August believes divine intervention will see him able to kick a soccer ball again with the children he coaches to keep them out of trouble.

August, from Athlone, was on his way to Somerset West last Monday where he works as a facilitator and teaches homeless children.

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