South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the proposal of land expropriation without compensation to drive land redistribution has ignited a vigorous and welcomed debate.

A panel led by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa will this week discuss climate change during a South African Talanoa Dialogue at the Midrand Conference Centre in Gauteng.

Anti-poaching initiatives remain the top priority at the Kruger, as the national park has declared war on the problem that often leads to certain death for both man and animal.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it received some 517 000 applications from youth between the ages of 18 and 30 years for the 2018/19 Basic Police Learning Development Programme (BLDP) intake.

Buying locally made products and services not only creates jobs but also changes the face of the economy, says entrepreneur Sihle Magubane.

Energy Minister Jeff Radebe says the department is intensifying efforts to cap and bring down the escalating cost of fuel.

The City of Ekurhuleni has decluttered illegally connected cables at Dukathole informal settlement in Germiston to reduce the burden on its electricity network.

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has appointed an Advisory Committee to assist the South African Law Reform Commission to investigate and make recommendations on legal fees charged by the legal profession to clients.

For the first time since 2016, dam levels in the City of Cape Town have passed the 60% mark.

While capital expenditure by public sector institutions decreased in 2017, significant amounts were spent on service delivery orientated aspects, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Monday.

Transnet has recorded an increase in revenue by 11.3% to R72.9 billion for the year ending in March 2018.

The Gauteng Department of Social Development will reinstate the food bank model and retain the current food bank infrastructure operations, MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza announced on Monday.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has strongly condemned the killing of two off-duty police officers in two separate incidents in the areas of Delft and Khayelitsha in the Western Cape on Friday.

A suspect in the murder case of actor Dumisani Masilela is set to appear in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court today.

The first public hearing in the much-awaited inquiry into allegations of state capture, corruption, fraud in government and state-owned entities will get underway in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Monday.