As South Africa joined the globe in commemorating International Workers’ Day on Monday, Director General of the Department of Labour Thobile Lamati is expected to embark on an inspection blitz at various work places in the Eastern Cape this week.
As tributes continued to pour in for three South African youngsters Akhumzi Jezile, Thobani Mseleni and Siyasanga Kobese who died in a car crash at the weekend, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has described their untimely death as a loss of talent for the country.
Transport Deputy Minister Sindi Chikunga on Tuesday visted Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal to emphasise the importance of road safety.
The north and south bound at Mooi River has been opened to traffic following protests there that resulted in the torching of 35 trucks on Sunday.
The Department of Arts and Culture is set to lead Africa Month celebrations with Minister Nathi Mthethwa expected to launch the fourth edition of the commemoration in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Government will next week brief media on developments around the centenary of South Africa’s founding President Nelson Mandela.
Minister of Science and Technology Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will this week launch a mining initiative aimed at reviving South Africa’s flagging mining sector.
Motorists making using of the N3 highway have been advised by police to use alternative routes this morning as there is still debris from protests where trucks were set alight on Sunday night.
The decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a team of special envoys to woo investors to South Africa will help turn around the country’s economy, one of the country’s leading economists has said.
Parliament has joined other South Africans in condemning what it has described as the discriminatory regulations passed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) allegedly targeted at South African athlete Caster Semenya.
KwaZulu-Natal police have been commended for the arrest of 16 people in connection with taxi violence and the recovery of a number of firearms.
Gauteng police have called on the public to come forward with any information which might lead to the arrest of the people who petrol bombed a home belonging to a police couple in Ekangala, Tshwane East.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has once again urged motorists to be careful on the country’s roads especially during long weekends when traffic volumes tend to increase.
Tributes continue to pour in for the three South African youngsters Akhumzi Jezile, Thobani Mseleni and Siyasanga Kobese who died in a car crash near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the Grand Patron of the National Orders, on Saturday bestowed awards on a long list of South African and foreign recipients at a prestigious event held at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Tshwane.
