Bill, Bills, Bills

By Sheilan Clarke

In the second term of Parliament, three bills were passed, eight were introduced and 22 are still in the deliberation process. Check out this list of bills that you should familiarise yourself with:

National Liquor Policy

  • Status: Up for public comment

Basically, government wants the legal drinking ...

Metrorail eating away at our wallets

BY Sheilan Clarke

Metrorail (or Metrofail as commonly known among its commuters) has once again increased their tariffs despite late trains, broken seats, unnecessarily stopping in the middle of nowhere among other technical issues.

Lennit Max, Standing Committee chairman on Transport and Public Works recently said he wanted Metrorail to ...

Live Magazine SA: VIP Debate Club Cape Town - Party People Edition

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After hosting a successful festival in Cape Town and Joburg, Live Mag SA looked at some of the points that surfaced in the numerous discussions and realised that one topic stood out – Youth Unemployment.

As part of their ongoing debate series, they are inviting Members of Parliament (MPs), ...

LiveMagSA: Will we ever get free education?

By Sheilan Clarke

Imagine a world where you don’t have to pay for school, fork out a fortune to get an education or stand in long queues at NSFAS for a bursary. Well that might be a possibility as government is reportedly aiming to roll out free education for tertiary ...

Livity: VIP Youth Festival 2015 - “The State of SA Youth”

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Join Livity on June 16-18 2015 at the VIP Youth Fest in Cape Town and Johannesburg as they celebrate young people under the theme: The State of SA Youth Today.

The mandate of VIP Campaign is to discuss and examine the social, cultural and economic themes that dominate the lives ...

LiveMagSA: How do we solve youth unemployment?

By Sheilan Clarke

Get this; according to statistics, over half of our country’s youth are unemployed. That’s a pretty high figure. How did we get to this point and, importantly, what’s the way forward? We caught up with a Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (EFF), Michael Cardo (DA) and Cheryllyn Dudley (ACDP) to ...

LiveMagSA: VIP Debate Club Review: So Am I Xenophobic?

By Fatima Mathivha

When we arrive at the Bannister Hotel in Braamfontein for the VIP Debate Club there’s already a buzz in the air. The turnout is impressive and we struggle to find a seat. It’s a little surprising. Not only are we all here to discuss the very sensitive ...

LiveMagSA: What does the National Youth Plan say about…

By Sheilan Clarke

Government hasn’t forgotten about the youth of South Africa. So much so that The Presidency created the National Youth Plan 2020 (NYP). The draft, which was approved by Cabinet on Thursday, focuses on how to improve certain areas of the lives of young people. Deputy Minister in ...

LiveMagSA: The Secrecy bill edges closer to law

By Rofhiwa Maneta

This month Minister of State Security David Mahlobo announced that he was in “advanced stages” of drafting regulations for the Protection of State Information Bill. The regulations – which set the foundation for the bill to be implemented once signed into law – have renewed fears from ...

LiveMagSA: Xenophobia - With heads bowed in shame…

By Rofhiwa Maneta

History has a dirty habit of repeating itself. When the wave of xenophobic violence swept through South Africa seven years ago, claiming 67 lives and displacing thousands, no one could’ve bargained it would happen again. Former President Thabo Mbeki addressed parliament a month after the attacks, apologising ...