South Africa

Magalies Water has disputed media reports about the entity’s plans of draining the Hartbeespoort Dam, as part of its water resource management plan.

Legal Services Ombud, Judge Siraj Desai, has called on legal practitioners and the media to show decorum in the courts and legal practice.

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has called on International Labour Organisation's (ILO) member states to ramp up efforts to deal with the scourge of child labour and other indignities people experience while trying to earn a living.

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has welcomed the Energy Observer, a hydrogen-powered boat that made a stopover at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront for the first

Optimum Coal Mine will pay back some R6.9 million in unpaid motoring licenses and fees after it signed an Acknowledgement of Debt (AoD) with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

At least seven people have appeared in the Molopo Magistrate’s Court on allegations that they defrauded the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) of some R2 million.

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, has successfully wrapped up a five-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China, ahead of the upcoming 15th BRICS Summit to be hosted in Johannesburg in August 2023.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has welcomed the decision by Cabinet to adopt and approve the publication of the draft Public Service Commission Bill of 2023 for public comment.

The Department of Employment and Labour is today hosting an employment equity (EE) workshop with all trade union federations.

The Customs Division of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has begun to destroy illicit and smuggled cigarettes, valued at R43 million, at the Beitbridge border post.

The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative has, since 2020, made “significant progress” in tackling the challenge of transitioning youth from learning to earning.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire programme is deploying a second contingent of 200 firefighters and 13 managers to assist in ongoing fire suppression operations in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, has batted away suggestions that South Africa may be hit with international sanctions due to its non-aligned stance regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Government reforms in several network industries are critical to transforming South Africa into an economy that is inclusive, thriving, growing and more competitive.

The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department has welcomed the recruitment of 200 Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) trainees, who will boost road safety efforts in that province.