Two former Teacher Trainees, Chloe Thomas and William Knipe, have both recently been awarded St Helena Qualified Teaching Status following the successful completion of the local teacher training programme. Chloe and William, now full-time Teachers, successfully produced a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate their adherence to St Helena’s Professional Standards for Teachers, which includes: Professional […]

Members of the public who have family, friends or colleagues arriving on the next flight – scheduled to arrive on Monday, 26 October 2020 – that are quarantining at Bradley’s Camp, and who would like to deliver items to make their stay more comfortable, can do this in advance of the flight arriving. Please mark […]

The 2010 Employment Rights Ordinance prescribes that the Minimum Wage must be reviewed on an annual basis. The Minimum Wage review is undertaken by the Employment Rights Committee (ERC) who is required to consider the effect of any recommendations on the economy as a whole. The review takes into account a number of factors such […]

In April 2020, St Helena Government (SHG) received positive news of an additional £2.5 million of budgetary support from the UK Government for the Island’s preparations to mitigate COVID-19 impacts. As part of St Helena’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic a number of preventative measures have been put in place to ensure that we are […]

Waste Management Services (WMS) would like to advise the public that they have distributed their entire stock of black wheelie bins to Island households and businesses. Residents and businesses without wheelie bins are therefore responsible for procuring their own waste receptacles. Preferably these should be compatible with bin lifting equipment fitted to the WMS refuse […]

FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2020 A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place tomorrow, Friday 16 October 2020, at 10am in the Council Chamber. This is the first sitting of the eighteenth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMS Radio 1. The meeting is also open to members of the public […]

The Highways Authority has given approval for Side Path Road to be closed between 9am and 3pm on Wednesday, 21 October 2020. This closure is to allow the Roads Section to carry out surface repairs. During this closure, only emergency services will be granted access and the diversion route for traffic travelling to and from […]

St Helena Government (SHG) administration is undertaking an exercise to estimate the demand for possible future travel between St Helena and South Africa. The scheduled SA Airlink service between St Helena and South Africa is currently suspended due to the restrictions in place in South Africa. South Africa moved to COVID-19 alert level 1 on […]