Ilizwe loMzantsi Afrika liphambili kumazwe ase-Afrika athwaxwa sisifo seswekile. Kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni, ngumyinye we 12-point-5 ekhulwini wabantu abadala abaphila nesi sefo, ngeli lixa unyango lufikelela kuphela kumashumi amathathu anesine ekhulwini abo baludingayo.  Oko kuthetha ukuba sisibini kwisithathu sabantu abanesifo seswekile abangakwaziyo ukufikelela kunyango. Nanjengoko namhlanje ihlabathi liphawula usuku olunika ingqwalasela kwisifo seswekile, umbutho obizwa i-Doctors Without Borders, utyelele ummandla waseMnquma nowaseMbhashe, ngelokuvavanyela esi sifo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ukuxoxa banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni sinaye ophuma kulo mbutho, uSiphokazi Mtshizana...

Amapolisa aseMpuma Koloni aphanda ukulahleka kwabantwana abane abaphakathi kweminyaka emine ukuya kwesixhenxe ubudala,  abaduke kwilali yaseMadamini KwaBhaca. Aba bantwana bagqityelwe ukubonwa bedlala ngaphandle kwikhaya labo emini ngeCawe. Ukuva banzi ngalo mba, u-Ayabonga Kekana uncokole nentatheli yeli jelo, u-Nkululeko Nyembezi...

FOCUS:  Annual District Development Model conference.

INTRO:  Ukukwazi ukumelana kwaye luhambelane neenguqu kubuchwepheshe, uluntu loMzantsi Afrika ingakumbi ulutsha oluza kuqalisa ukuphangela, kufuneka lukwazi ukuziqhelanisa nehlabathi eliguqukayo, ze lufunde izakhono ezintsha, khon' ukuze lukwazi ukuzixhobisa ngeendlela zokufumana ulwazi oluludingayo kwi-internet, olufana nokuphonononga iinkcukacha namanani, kwanokusebenzisa iinkqubo zekhompyutha.  Kukho iimbono ekuye kwabelwana ngazo ngalo mba, kwinkomfa yaminyaka le yenkqubo ebizwa iDistrict Development Model, neqhubayo kwezi ntsuku zimbini zizayo kwiDyunivesiti iNelson Mandela, eGqeberha eMpuma Koloni.  USinethemba Witi usenzele le ngxelo...

Urhulumente wephondo iMpuma Koloni ukwamkele ukwenyuka okumandla kwezinga lengqesho kweli phondo, njengoko ebonisa njalo amanani akutshanje ekota yesithathu yonyaka u2024, nakhutshwe liziko leenkcukachamanani, iStats SA. Ngokwengxelo yeStats SA, lehle ngomyinge we 3.8 ekhulwini iqondo lentswelangqesho kweli phondo, ukusuka ku 41% ukuya ku 37.2%.  U-Ayabonga Kekana uncokole banzi ngalo mba nothethela urhulumente wephondo iMpuma Koloni, uKhuselwa Rantjie... 

Kukhe kwakho izikhalazo ngenkqubo entsha yeArhente yezibonelelo zika SASSA, neyinkqubo eqinisekisa iinkcukacha zabaxhamli ngelizama ukunqanda ubuqhophololo. Iingxelo zithi baliqela abaxhamli besibonelelo esaziwa ngokuba yiR350 abachaze ubunzima ababufumanayo ukufumana izibonelelo zabo. Kanti le arhente ithi inenkqubo eyiqalileyo ukuncedisana nabaxhamli. Ukuva banzi, emnxebeni sibambe othela uSASSA eMpuma Koloni, uThabisa Mayaba...

Kwilinge lokulwa ulwaphulomthetho kumasipala ombhaxa iNelson Mandela Bay, nakwiindawo ezitsala umdla wabakhenkethi, i-arhente yophuhliso kwesi sixeko, iphehlelela igumbi eliza kulawula iikhamera eziqwalasela ulwaphulomthetho(CCTV) olwenzeka kwimimandla ethile yesi sixeko.  Sithetha nje, sele zilikhulu elineshumi elinesibini (112) iikhamera esele zifakelwe kwesi sixeko.  Ukuxoxa banzi ngalo mba, u-Ayabonga Kekana emnxebeni ubambe ingqonyela ye-MBDA, u-Anele Qaba

Umasipala ombaxa iBuffalo City, eMpuma Koloni, uphulukana nee billon zerandi ngenxa yabantu abaxhaphaza inkqubo yokufumana iinkonzo zamanzi nombane simahla kuMasipala. Le nkqubo, neyaziwa ngokuba yi-indigent system, ibonelela abahlali balo masipala abangakwazi ukuhlawula iinkonzo zikamasipala, ngenxa yemo yentlalo noqoqosho. Ingaba lo masipala wenza ntoni ukuqinisekisa ukuba kuxhamla abantu abangabo kule nkqubo? Emnxebeni u-Ayabonga uthetha nesithethi seBuffalo City Metro, uSamkelo Ngwenya...

Ingxelo ekhutshwe ngumbutho i-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO), ibonisa ukuba abantwana abafunda ugrade 3 no-grade 6 bafumana izifundo ezingaphantsi kwebanga abalifundayo nento engakhuthazi iqondo lokucinga ngokusumbulula ingakumbi izifundo zezibalo. Ngethuba kuncokolwa neetitshala koluphando, bavakalise ukuba iincwadi ezisetyenziswa ngabafundi kufuneka ziquke imidlalo ukuze zikwazi ukuvuleka iingqondo zabantwana. UAyabonga Kekana uncokole nengcali yezemfundo ugqirha uThembinkosi Thwalo. 

Ziya zisanda izenzo zolwaphulomthetho olwenzeka kwi-internet, i-cyber crime ngolwasemzini, kweli loMzantsi Afrika.  Ingxelo ye-Interpol yanyakenye, egxile kwi-cyber crime, ifumanise ukuba zibe ngaphaya kwe-230 yezigidi izigrogriso zalo mkhuba eziye zafunyaniswa kweli ngonyaka ka-2021. Ukanti kwiveki ephelileyo, iqela laseBrazil elizibiza i-N4aughtySec, lichaze ukuba likwazile ukufikelela ngokungekho mthethweni kwiinkcukacha eziyimfihlo ze-arhente yokhuseleko lwezentlalontle, iSASSA, nalapho lithi lithathe imali engaphaya kwekhulu elinamashumi asixhenxe ezigidi zeerandi. UAyabonga Kekana ubenodliwano ndlebe noyi-Security Strategist, ekwayi Cyber Security Expert, u-Andy Mashaile.