South Africa

Johannesburg – The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it is strengthening ties with funders to increase access to higher education and training.

Pretoria - Cabinet has joined President Jacob Zuma in calling on the nation to keep the three mineworkers who are still trapped underground at the Lily Gold Mine and their families, in their thoughts and prayers.

Pretoria - Cabinet is to table an urgent legislative amendment to postpone the implementation date of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the use of retired and in-serving public servants as lecturers in the National School of Government (NSG), according to Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the amendment of a bill which seeks to alleviate the plight of debtors who find themselves on the receiving end of abuses in the debt-collecting system in the Magistrates’ Courts.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs will be reclassified under the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster, Cabinet has approved.

Pretoria - Cabinet has wished all learners who are writing their supplementary National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations the best of luck.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has extended its contract with Life Esidimeni until June this year.

Pretoria – Cabinet has called on all South Africans to exercise their democratic right to register and vote in the forthcoming elections.

Pretoria - The final National Gambling Policy that is applicable to casinos, among others, has been approved by Cabinet, Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe said.

Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says Cabinet has welcomed President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address.

The Deputy Minister of Small Business Development Elizabeth Thabethe will address the 19th annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, to be held in New York, in the United States of America, on Thursday

Cape Town – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela says the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has created over 11 000 jobs over the past three years through various initiatives.

Pretoria - The Department of Transport has announced new toll tariffs for Gauteng’s highways, which will be effective from next month.

Cape Town – The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Bheki Cele, says a package of just under R1 billion has been set up to assist farmers who are affected by drought in several provinces.