Isebe lezemfundo eMpuma Koloni lichaze ukuba lizakurhoxisa ukubhaliswa kwesikolo iBergville College eAlfred Nzo,kuluhlu lwezikolo ezibhalisiweyo.  Oku kulandela ukuvulwa kwetyala lokudlwengulwa komntana oneminyaka esixhenxe ubudala, kunyaka ophelileyo ngenyanga yeDwarha, kwesisikolo sabucala. Okuzakuthi ga ngoku akukabikho mgama ungako sele uhanjiwe malunga nelityala. UAyabonga Kekana uncokole nothethela isebe lezemfundo uVuyiseka Mboxela. 

Iziko iFreedom Park Heritage Site and Museum, liphawula ikhulu leminyaka wazalwayo ongasekhoyo uRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe. USobukwe ongumseki wombutho iPan Africanist Congress, iPAC ngamafuphi, wayeligqala lomzabalazo elilachasene nenkqubo yengcinezelo ngokwebala, kweli loMzantsi Afrika.  Ube phambili kwidabi lenkululeko yeli lizwe, echasene nemithetho yokuphathwa kwamapasi. Sithethanje, eli ziko libambe umsitho wokukhumbula eli qhawe eBotanical Gardens eRhafu.  Ukuva banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe olilungu lebhunga kwiFreedom Park, uThami Ka Plaatjie...

Iqela lezopolitiko uMkhonto Wesizwe kwiphondo le Mpuma Koloni, linike umasipala ombaxa i Nelson Mandela Bay iintsuku ezilishumi elinesine ukuba aqubisane neqondo eliphezulu lentswela ngqesho, nolwaphulo mthetho kulo masipala. Namhlanje igquba lamalungu eli qela libambe umngcelele osingise kwiholo yesixeko eGqeberha, ukuya kudlulisa uxwebhu olunyanzelisa ukuphuculwa konikezelo lweenkonzo. Eli qela lithi iinkqubo zongenelelo ezinjengezo zengqesho yoluntu i EPWP, azibaxolisi abahlali. Masive ingxelo ku Sisipho Ngcumbe...

Isicotho sangoLwesibini esikhatshwa ziindundumo nemimoya emandla kuMasipala wesithili i-Amathole eMpuma Koloni, sishiye amakhaya amaninzi onakele, iindlela zivaliwe, kukho ukhukhuliseko, nezithuthi zichaphazelekile phakathi kwezinye izinto. UMasipala i-Amathole unooMasipala abathandathu phantsi kwakhe, kwaye abo bathe bachatshazelwa sesi sicotho bathathu, yi-Amahlathi nequka iQoboqobo, iGreat Kei, nequka iQumrha kunye ne-Raymond Mhlaba equka idolophu yaseDikeni. Emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe isithethi salo Masipala, uSisa Msiwa...

Ukuhlangabezana nengxaki yoshokoxeko lwabasebenzi bezempilo, uRhulumente wephondo iMpuma Koloni unezicwangciso zokuqesha ooGqirha namaNesi abangaphaya kwe waka, kunyaka-mali ka2025/26. Oku kuvezwe nguMphathiswa wesebe lemali ePhondweni, uMlungisi Mvoko, ngethuba esithi thaca uhlahlo-lwabiwo kwiNdlu yowiso-mthetho eBhisho izolo. Kolu lwabiwo, isebe lezeMfundo lifumene esona sixa sikhulu. Kubekelwe bucala nesixa-mali esisondele kwi-R300 million ukukhawulelana neentlekele ezichaphazele iPhondo. UAyabonga Kekana uncokole, nophuma kwisebe lemali ephondweni, uPhumelele Godongwana

Ikomiti ejongene namapolisa epalamente ityelele iphondo iMpuma Koloni, ngelokuhlola indlela asabela ngayo amapolisa kwizenzo zolwaphulomthetho neziganeko zokunyanzeliswa kwabantu ukuba bahlawule imali ngeenjongo zokubakhusela, i-extortion ngolwasemzini. Ziya zisanda ngokwanda iziganezo ze-extortion kwilizwe loMzantsi Afrika, kwaye zinefuthe elibi kuhlumo loqoqosho lweli nobomi boluntu ngokubanzi.  Olu hlolo luza kugxila kweli phondo, nakwiphondo iKwaZulu-Natal. Ukusabela kule nyewe, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe olilungu lale komiti, uInathi Mbiyo...

IKomiti ejongene nenkcitho kaRhulumente ePalamente, iSCOPA, ikwinkqubo yokwakh' umkhanyo kooMasipala ababini eMpuma Koloni. Le Komiti izakuya kumasipala wesithili iOR Tambo kunye nomasipala ombaxa iBuffalo City. Injongo yolu tyelelo kukujonga imingeni aba masipala abajongene nayo, nokuba iyiqhwalelisa njani na inkqubo yokusiwa kweenkonzo eluntwini. Intatheli yethu, u-Ayabonga Kekana, iye yancokola nosihlalo we-SCOPA, uSongezo Zibi, nalapho iqale ngokumbuza ngemingeni abayiqapheleyo echaphazela umasipala i-OR Tambo...

Njengokuba namhlanje (Monday  24 March) ilizwe liphawula usuku olubekelwe bucala lwesifo sephepha, isebe lezempilo kuzwelonke lithi lizimisele ukuhlola abantu abangapha kwezigidi zintlanu kunyaka mali u 2025/26 njengenxalenye yephulo i End TB Strategy. Intatheli yethu u Sashin Naidoo isenzele lengxelo waze u Amanda Xhala wayiguqulela usasazo ngeSiXhosa

Imibutho ejongene nesifo sephepha eMzantsi Afrika, isebenzise usuku iWorld TB Day ukugxeka urhulumente ngokusilela kuxanduva lwakhe lokubeka phambili isifo sephepha, nokungathathi manyathelo ekuhambiseni iinkonzo ezidingekayo ukunyanga esi sifo. Ngokwengxelo yombutho wezempilo kwihlabathi, iWHO, isifo sephepha sihamba phambili ekubulaleni abantu. Ngonyaka, kweli loMzantsi Afrika bayi 54-thousand abantu abaswelekayo bebulawa sesi sifo. Emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe oyi-Outreach and Training Coordinator: kwiRHAP and TB Accountability Consortium, uZimbini Madikiza...

Inyanga YoKwindla yinyanga yokuqongqotha unyaka-mali kurhulumente, ze inyanga ka-Tshazimpuzi ibeyeyokuqala kunyaka-mali omtsha. Oku kuthetha ukuba urhulumente uqala ngokutsha ukusebenzisa uvimba ukusa iinkonzo eluntwini, nokuqhuba neenkqubo zikarhulumente. Kwiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, uMphathiswa wesebe lemali uEnoch Godongwana, uye wabela amasebe karhulumente kuquka namaqumrhu uhlahlo mali kwindlu yowiso-mthetho, ukulungiselela unyaka mali ka 2025/26. Kolu hlalo-lwabiwo mali, uGodongwana uye wabhengeza ukonyuswa kwerhafu yentengo i-VAT ngePesenti enye kwisithuba seminyaka emibini ezayo. Yinto ke le ekhatywayo yimibutho eliqela ePalamente, kwaye igrogrise ngokuba izakuluchasa olu hlalo lwabiwo-mali, xa kufuneka luvotelwe ePalamente. Ukuhlalutya uhlalo lwabiwo-mali ngokwabiwa kumasebe nakumacandelo ahlukeneyo, emnxebeni sinayo ingcali kwimiba yorhulumento nephuma kwiziko-mfundo iWits, uSandile Swana…