South Africa

The World Bank has approved a €454.4 million (R7.6 billion) loan to South Africa for the country's COVID-19 Emergency Response Project.

The National Treasury has gazetted the Regulations on the Domestic Reverse Charge Relating to Valuable Metal.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in KwaZulu-Natal has launched the Specialised Multi-Disciplinary Economic Infrastructure Task Teams (EITTs) in an effort to curb the scourge of damage to and theft of economic infrastructure in the province.

Public Service and Administration Acting Minister, Thulas Nxesi, has called on government departments and public entities to enrol young people in internships as part of the Breaking Barriers to Entry into the Public Service Programme (BB2E) and the Cadet Programme.

Ministers Responsible for Gender and Women's Affairs from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have urged Member States to develop effective and sustainable gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programmes.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) affirming the revenue collector’s procedure and right to seize goods which have been under-declared when crossing into South Africa.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says payments for the new cycle of the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grants (SRD) R350 grant – from April 2022 – will be paid as from mid-June 2022.

South Africa has recorded 962 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 978 590.

The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) says it is investigating a R225 million tender that was allegedly riddled with irregularities.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is ramping up efforts to address unemployment specifically that related to the youth.

The Department of Home Affairs will be launching a pilot project to ease the passport renewal process for South African nationals living in the United Kingdom (UK).

The Department of Home Affairs has deported Lithuanian actress Ieva Andrejevaite after she sought to abuse South Africa’s refugee management regime.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says his office has been championing the drive to transform the capacity of the State.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated government’s vision for South Africa, which is laid out by the National Development Plan (NDP), aimed at eliminating poverty and reducing inequality.

South Africa’s recovery from the devastating economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains on track with government focused on implementing of the economic reconstruction and recovery plan.