Press Releases

Two Staff Nurses – Jayne Adams-Duncan and Maureen Ellick – have recently been promoted to Senior Staff Nurses within the St Helena General Hospital. As Senior Staff Nurses, Jayne and Maureen are responsible for co-coordinating the Hospital, teaching staff and mentoring junior nurses, participating in data collection and Hospital audit, being part of the senior […]

Councillor Buckley elected as a new Member of Executive Council Councillor Buckley appointed as new Chairperson of Environment & Natural Resources Committee Councillor Beard elected Chairperson of newly-formed Finance Committee During the third sitting of the sixteenth meeting of Legislative Council on Tuesday, 30 June 2020, elections were made for Members of Executive Council and […]

On 1 June 2020 South Africa relaxed their lockdown restrictions to level 3 which allows for restricted domestic flights (within South Africa).  Scheduled international flights are not expected to be permitted to resume until the country moves to at least level 1.  It is not currently known when South Africa will move to level 1 […]

Annual review of ESH Project completed and outcome awaited Draft Communications Networks and Services Policy to go out for public consultation shortly ENR&P provides update on potato imports The monthly meeting of the Economic Development Committee (EDC) was held on Thursday, 25 June 2020, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: […]

The Transport Section of the Infrastructure & Transport Directorate has recently acquired two new mobility vehicles for use across the Children & Adults Social Care Directorate. Both vehicles are identical with a seating capacity of five passengers, plus the driver. Each vehicle is fitted with the option of transporting one passenger who is wheelchair dependent. […]

WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS AND THE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME The end of compulsory schooling can be a difficult time. Young people will have finished their time as a student and will be looking ahead to the world of work. This is the same for Sixth Form students, who will have completed their studies and will be looking […]

The St Helena Community College (SHCC) has today, Wednesday 1 July 2020, launched its Training Needs Assessment (TNA) Survey 2020 to update information on the training needs of St Helena. This survey aims to update the training needs of private sector companies on an organisational level, both for the forthcoming academic year and future years. The […]