The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has dispatched disaster management and emergency teams to the Engen Refinery in Merebank, south of Durban after a fire broke out at the facility on Friday morning.
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has reiterated its commitment to finding solutions to the financial challenges that have seen South African Airways (SAA) staff salaries unpaid for months.
Cabinet has approved the Inter-Ministerial Task Team’s (IMTT) recommendation to withdraw direct interventions in the North West by the end of the 2020/21 financial year.
Cabinet has approved the Land Donations Policy, which aims to accelerate land donations as one of the ways to respond to the slow pace of land reform.
Cabinet has again urged the public to report any form of corruption they become aware of.
With the festive season fast approaching, Cabinet has expressed extreme concern about the spike in the number of new COVID-19 infections in the Eastern Cape and parts of the Western Cape.
The African Union will this weekend host the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Extraordinary Summit, in preparation for the start of the AfCFTA on 1 January.
Cabinet has this week directed the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) to finalise the appointment of the interim board for SAA.
Cabinet has called on all affected people to submit their concerns about the freight transport industry to relevant structures instead of resorting to violence.
The Deputy Ministers of Trade, Industry and Competition, Nomalungelo Gina and Fikile Majola, will on Monday launch the National Anti-alcohol and Substance abuse campaign at the Namakwa District Municipality Council Chamber in Springbok, Northern Cape.
All learner's licences, driving licence cards, temporary driving licences and professional driving permits, which expired from the start of the lockdown, have been granted a further grace period until next year.
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa has topped 800 000, after 4 400 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has pledged to provide any support it can to make the new Gauteng MEC for Health tenure successful.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will later today preside over a United Nations (UN) high-level debate on “cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organisations with a specific focus on the UN and the African Union (AU)”.
With many initiatives around the world to speed up the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that government is working with its partners to ensure all countries have access to the vaccine.
