Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Director-General, Vusumuzi Mkhize, has called on the National Language Stakeholder Engagement Forum to move with speed in standardising, developing and promoting South African languages across the board, working closely with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB).
An intelligence driven operation has resulted in the arrest of three people who were found in possession of police equipment including blue lights and two unlicensed firearms.
There are more than two million adults over the age of 60 who are still unvaccinated, as the country gears for its second instalment of the Vooma Vaccination Weekend.
A man caught driving at 216 km per hour on a prescribed maximum limit of 120 km per hour on the N4 freeway from Pretoria towards Mpumalanga, is among five drivers arrested for speeding.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to Elita De Klerk, the wife of the late former President FW de Klerk, and her family following the news of his passing.
The Department of Public Service and Administration will continue to review the increasing public sector wage bill as government aims to stabilise the spend on the compensation of employees, the National Treasury said on Thursday.
Government, through Operation Vulindlela, has made progress on several key reforms outlined in its October 2020 economic recovery plan, says the National Treasury.
The National Treasury has availed R2.3 billion in the current financial year to assist in rebuilding businesses affected by the COVID-19 third wave and destruction of infrastructure in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal during the civil unrest in July.
If government is to maximise the value of its constrained spending, it will need to contain costs, exercise prudent and compliant financial management as well as eradicate wasteful treatment of public funds and resources.
Fresh from the 2021 Local Government Elections on 1 November, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government has set itself an immediate task of building a capable local government that delivers services effectively and efficiently.
The National Treasury has proposed several changes to the structure of provincial conditional grants over the next three years, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has revealed in his first Medium Term Budget Policy Statement.
As it prepares for the 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), the National Treasury is researching possible avenues to consider as it seeks to address social grant shortfalls.
Infrastructure allocation for health will in the interim be delayed as government continues to prioritise its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
Service delivery will be the focus of the budget over the next three years, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
Delivering his maiden medium term budget on Thursday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says policy statement is about navigating South Africa’s path to economic and social recovery by expediting the implementation of structural reforms.
