South Africa

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the arrest of a man believed to have recorded himself driving at 300 kilometres per hour in a 120 kilometre zone.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed sadness over the passing of three South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) employees who died in a plane crash.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has announced the suspension of the Parktown Boys’ High School headmaster, with immediate effect.

The South African government has reassured the international business community that the country is working on stabilising its power supply and fiscal management.

The mining sector has recorded 51 fatalities in 2019, the lowest ever recorded in the South African mining industry.

An amount of R220 million has been earmarked to address the immediate challenges of water availability in QwaQwa, Free State.

A senior eThekwini Municipality official and four others will this morning appear before a Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court today on charges of corruption.

Being raised by a single mother who was unemployed for a long time and coming from a community entrenched in poverty - no one was expecting Tlotlo Lekgoba to be a labelled as a top achiever in her matric year.

Public order police will remain in Diepsloot to maintain order in that area following calls by some community members to shut down the township.

The State Capture Commission of Inquiry has applied to the Pretoria High Court for an extension until December 2020.

The number of people who died on South African roads during the festive season has decreased by 10% when compared to the previous period.

Police in Sekgosese, outside Mankweng in Limpopo, have opened an inquest after two learners were killed when a wall collapsed on them.

A partnership between the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA) is doing its bit to help close the critical skills gap plaguing the economy.

The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) will soon embark on nationwide public consultations on the draft sets of electoral wards in preparation for next year’s local government elections.

The Managing Director of the East Rand Water Care Company (ERWAT), Tumelo Gopane, says steady progress is being made in the Vaal River clean-up project.