South Africa

Firefighters are continuing to battle out of control bushfires on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia (SA).

Eskom has downgraded loadshedding from Stage 2 to Stage 1 on Friday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Sunday host Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, on an official visit at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.

As part of the ongoing work of assessment and monitoring of 2020 admissions and registration processes in institutions of higher learning, Higher Education, Science and Innovation Deputy Minister Buti Manamela will today visit the Northern Cape Urban TVET and Sol Plaatje University.

The Hubei University of Technology, a public multi-discipline institution specializing in engineering in the People’s Republic of China, has conferred various degrees to 34 Free State students.

The Department of Labour is set to engage farmworkers, farmers and labour tenants to assess the working conditions and level of compliance with various pieces of labour legislations.

Employers have until next Wednesday to file their employment equity (EE) online reports in line with the Employment Equity Act.

Power utility Eskom has confirmed load shedding would continue from 8am this morning until 6am on Friday.

Due to the loss of additional generation capacity overnight, Eskom is today implementing Stage 2 rotational load shedding.

National Treasury is seeking public comment into the published Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill (MFPFAB).

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for esteemed business leader Dr Richard Maponya.

The Gauteng Education Department recorded 0.65% decline in its matric results from 87.88% in 2018 to an 87.23% pass rate in 2019.

Tourism Minister Mamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has congratulated the South African Airways (SAA) for being named as one of the top-performing airlines globally for on-time performance (OTP) by travel data and analytics company, Cirium.

Nontembeko Boyce, the Speaker of KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, has congratulated KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu and his team for producing outstanding results for the 2019 matric class.

There is a high likelihood that Eskom will implement Stage 2 load shedding this evening in order to replenish water resources for its pumped storage schemes and to minimise the use of diesel at its open cycle gas turbines.