South Africa

Cabinet has encouraged South Africans to remain alert and adhere to weather warnings from the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Cabinet has reflected on the positive investor sentiments emanating from President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s working visits to New York in the United States, and London in the United Kingdom (UK), respectively.

International Relations and Cooperation Director-General (DG) Zane Dangor has emphasised South Africa’s commitment to prioritising Africa’s development and equality during its G20 Presidency.

Cabinet has condemned the recent Eastern Cape mass shootings involving 18 family members and six community patrollers.

Cabinet has commended intensified joint inspection efforts, led by the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), to ensure that employers comply with recruitment requirements.

Cabinet has welcomed the gazetting of South Africa’s new visa regime as a key step towards attracting international skills and investment, growing tourism and creating jobs.

The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development has paid tribute to former Judge Willem Hendrik Heath who died this week at the age of 79.

Gauteng MEC of Finance and Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, has called for calm in Naledi, Soweto, following reports of angry community members looting, destroying and shutting down foreign owned shops in the area.

Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will on Thursday handover machinery and equipment to 104 business owners in Greater Tzaneen in the Limpopo province.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the newly gazetted reforms to South Africa’s visa regime as a major step towards attracting international skills and investment, growing tourism and creating jobs.

Police from the Gauteng Organised Crime Investigation Unit and Johannesburg Metro Police Department have arrested four suspects for extortion and intimidation in the Johannesburg CBD this week.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says a man arrested in connection with the murder of 18 people in the Eastern Cape was currently out on parole for murder, while the massacre took place.

National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has welcomed the arrest of a 43-year-old sergeant attached to a police station in Limpopo.

Issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment will come under the spotlight at the G20 Ministerial Women’s Empowerment Working Group (EWWG), currently underway in Brasília, Brazil.

South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dr Dion George and his counterpart from Norway, Minister of Climate and Environment Tore Onshuus Sandvik, have been appointed to steer informal consultations on mitigation before and during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).