South Africa

Pretoria - The Ministry of Finance says the 2015 Tax Laws Amendment Act provisions relating to retirement will come into force on 1 March 2016.

Pretoria – South Africa has invested R290billion on infrastructure in the past calendar year, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

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.