South Africa

The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has appointed Yanga Mputa as the Tax Ombud effective from 1 July 2023 for a period of five years.

With the conclusion of Youth Month, government has called on business and civil society to partner in an effort to unlock pathways of earning for youth.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off the remuneration increases for all Public Office Bearers for the 2022/23 financial year.

North West Acting Premier and Human Settlements MEC, Nono Maloyi, has called on the Bojanala District Municipality and departmental officials to investigate and submit a report with recommendations regarding all outstanding blocked housing projects.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured communities in the uThukela District Municipality, in Ladysmith that government Ministers will work to resolve their challenges and that their issues will not be put on the back burner.

What would a country be without the youth? They are the future, after all. We have experienced how every generation does things in their own special way.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop cutting-edge technologies to improve the country’s rural health systems.

As part of efforts to ensure citizens are digitally connected and participate in modern society, the opening of an innovation centre will benefit small businesses in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry to collaborate and create new products that will provide solutions to challenges experienced by ordinary South Africans.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has, as the leader of government business, held talks with various political parties represented in Parliament about coalition governance and putting South Africans first by catering for their needs.

When it was time for story reading in her Grade 3 class Anna Machaka (24), always wondered if authors were real-life people who sit and write books.

The Western Cape MEC for Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, will on Monday, 3 July 2023, receive the 2023 Netball World Cup trophy from the Eastern Cape government.

by Sihle Manda

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Judith Tshabalala, has ordered the establishment of a task team to work around the clock in a coordinated manner to ensure that the Metz Dam in Limpopo is rehabilitated and to ensure the safety of communities living adjacent to the dam.

A search for solutions to a foot sweat condition has seen a Vereeniging, Gauteng woman develop a treatment product that she now sells to others facing a similar challenge.

Local residents from communities in and around Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal say they are eagerly waiting to engage with the three spheres of government to find out about development plans government has for their area.