Latest news with #Maake
The Citizen
5 days ago
- Business
- The Citizen
Unemployed youth go through learnership programme
More than 200 unemployed youth from Lusaka were introduced to a learnership programme that will give them skills and knowledge to start their own business or access job opportunities. The skills development learnership programme organised by Soil of Africa was held at the Lusaka Calvary Church on Tuesday. Soil of Africa regional convener Joseph Maake said the organisation partnered with various stakeholders to offer skills development to unemployed youth in and around Tshwane. Maake said the programme is aimed at fighting poverty and unemployment among the youth in places like Mabopane, Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwa. 'The youth are going to be enrolled in our six-month skills development learnership initiative called Business Management and Sales Learnership. [It] is going to change their lives and help them start their own businesses or use the certificates to access job opportunities,' said Maake. He said the youth will do theory and then put it into practice, and every month get a stipend of R2 000. 'The programme has been going on for a couple of months. The first intake was in Mamelodi East, and then we moved to Hammanskraal with a target of enrolling 200 unemployed youth into this initiative.' The participants will be taken to various businesses to practise what they learned and get first-hand experience on how to run businesses. ALSO READ: Brooklyn remains SA's top hotspot for vehicle theft despite national decline Do you have more information about the story? Please send us an email to bennittb@ or phone us on 083 625 4114. For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord's websites: Rekord East For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram or TikTok. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
IOL News
04-05-2025
- General
- IOL News
Tshwane honours fallen firefighters on International Firefighters' Day
The City of Tshwane Emergency Services Department honours fallen firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty on International Firefighters' Day. Image: Supplied The City of Tshwane Emergency Services Department marked International Firefighters' Day by honouring fallen colleagues at a ceremony held at the Kolonnane Retail Park Shopping Mall in Pretoria North. The event paid tribute to four firefighters who lost their lives in separate incidents while serving the community. Department spokesperson Tebogo Maake said two of the firefighters who were honoured lost their lives in specific incidents: one in 2015 while fighting a grass fire in Centurion, and another while rescuing someone from a river. He said the department also honoured rescue technicians who collaborated with SAPS to retrieve the bodies of three constables who recently drowned in the Hennops River. 'Apart from that we were issuing certificates to 38 firefighters that underwent training from being paramedics to firefighters, who attended firefighting courses for a year,'he said. The event included 11 graduates who were officer-trained firefighters, prepared for supervisory roles. The department also showcased various firefighting activities, including rope rescue operations and the unveiling of 11 new vehicles. The department demonstrated vehicle extraction techniques, simulating how to rescue individuals trapped in burned-out vehicles. Maake said: 'Today is International Firefighters' Day, which is acknowledged every year on May 4, and here in Tshwane, we are celebrating our firefighters as the rest of the world is doing.' Tshwane Emergency Services unveils new vehicles during the International Firefighters Day on Sunday in Pretoria North Image: Oupa Mokoena/Indpendent Newspapers One of the firefighters, Tinus Pretorius, 57, said: 'It is a very important day. Firefighters must be acknowledged for the work they are doing and the sacrifice of their lives in danger. They must do it every year for the people to see what the fire department is standing for so that we can be acknowledged.' He began his career as a paramedic practitioner in 1992, but when the Gauteng government took over the ambulances, he and others had to undergo retraining. 'This is a new career and I am looking forward to it,' he said. Firefighter Nomsa Munyai, 44, a supervisory course graduate, paid tribute to fallen colleagues, saying, "We remember them because they died saving lives in the line of duty." She stressed the importance of honoring firefighters who died in the line of duty, saying they deserve recognition for their valuable work in helping the community, and often their role is misunderstood and confused with that of police officers. 'I have a passion and I love saving lives. It is not about money. I believe I am the chosen one for this job,'Munyai said. [email protected]
The Citizen
02-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Good news: Petrol and diesel prices to drop from Wednesday, 7 May
Motorists will get much-needed relief at the petrol pumps next week. Several factors, including the international petroleum product prices and the rand/US dollar exchange rate, contributed to the decrease in petrol and diesel prices. Picture: iStock South African motorists will be paying less for petrol and diesel at the pumps from next week. The petrol price decrease from Wednesday, 7 May 2025, will be a relief for cash-strapped motorists after the 0.5% VAT increase. Petrol and diesel prices The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) announced that the price of 93-octane will decrease by 22 cents per litre, while 95-octane petrol will also cost 22 cents per litre less. The price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) decreases by 42 cents per litre, while diesel with 0.005% sulphur goes down by 41 cents per litre. Meanwhile, illuminating paraffin will cost 31 cents less per litre, while the price of LP gas increases by 46c/kg. ALSO READ: Gloves off as Chery Tiggo Cross hybrid shoots for Corolla Cross How much will fuel cost you? When the fuel price increase kicks in, a litre of 93 unleaded petrol will cost R21.29 per litre, while 95 unleaded will be R21.40. The wholesale price of 0.05% diesel will increase to R18.93 per litre, and 0.005% will cost R18.91. Reasons for petrol decrease DMRE spokesperson Robert Maake said several factors, including the international petroleum product prices and the rand/US dollar exchange rate, contributed to the decrease in petrol and diesel prices. 'The average international petroleum product prices of petrol and diesel followed the decreasing trend of crude oil prices while the price of LPG increased due to higher freight (shipping costs) during the period under review. 'These factors led to lower contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 51.06 cents per litre (c/l), 71.28 c/l and 61.32 c/l respectively,' Maake said. Brent Crude oil price Maake said the average Brent Crude oil price decreased from 71.04 US Dollars (USD) to 66.40 USD during the period under review. 'The tariff and trade war initiated by the US which has raised global economic recession concerns and a possible lower demand for crude oil, and oversupply of oil from non-OPEC countries and the anticipated increase in oil production by OPEC+ members.' Rand/US dollar exchange Maake said the the Rand depreciated on average, against the US Dollar (from 18.30 to 18.84 Rand per USD) during the period under review when compared to the previous one. 'This led to higher contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices of petrol, diesel and Illuminating Paraffin by 29.13 c/l, 30.34 c/l and 30.24 cents per litre (c/l) respectively'. Slate levy Maake said the cumulative slate amounted to a positive balance of R3.9 billion for petrol and diesel of at the end of March 2025. 'In line with the provisions of the Self-Adjusting Slate Levy Mechanism, a slate levy remains unchanged at zero cents per litre in the price structures of petrol and diesel with effect from the 7th of May 2025'. ALSO READ: Cape Town F1 Grand Prix proposal aims to build on World Cup legacy
