South Africa

In an effort to create more opportunities for the youth, Gauteng Premier David Makhura has called on municipalities to support the rollout of Tshepo 1 Million.

The South Africa National AIDS Council (SANAC), under the leadership of Deputy President David Mabuza, is set to discuss the common message that South Africa will take to the 22nd International AIDS Conference.

The Youth Employment Service (YES) launched the first of 100 Community Hubs on Thursday to absorb unemployed youth, ignite local economies and promote domestic markets.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will go paperless as of 1 July 2018 as it encourages taxpayers to use eFiling for all their tax transactions where possible.

The Commission for Gender Equality has urged South Africans to report cases of gender-based violence.

Buffalo City Metro Mayor Councillor Xola Pakati says the BRICS sectoral meetings have presented the city with an opportunity to position itself as a tourism and an investment destination.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the struggle for which the late former Ambassador Billy Modise dedicated his life to, continues.

The Gautrain extension project has the capacity to create more than 211 000 direct jobs, says Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi.

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says government is leaving no stone unturned in returning State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to their former glory, the success of which will improve the economic outlook of the country.

The infrastructure investments needed in South Africa far exceeds the available fiscal resources, says Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Andries Nel.

The levels of the dams supplying water to Cape Town have been rising consistently and significantly over the past six weeks, says the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town Ian Neilson.

South Africa’s deaf community will have an opportunity to engage with the Department of Communications and its entities to highlight issues that affect the deaf, people who are hard of hearing and those with hearing loss.

Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant has expressed concern that a few companies are evading implementing their own Employment Equity Plans.

After struggling to find a stable job for more than three years, Nelisiwe Gabini decided to start her own events planning company in Bronkhorstspruit, a small town about 50 kilometres east of Tshwane.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to rally the business community to lend a hand in growing and boosting the country’s economy at the World Economic Forum roundtable with the South African government.