South Africa

An Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Department (EMPD) has been handed a six year prison sentence for corruption.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has appealed to employers to resolve errors on the COVID-19 TERS portal to enable it to finalise outstanding claims.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and a group of global health leaders on Tuesday issued an urgent call for vaccine equity globally, particularly in Africa.

Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant-General Semakaleng Manamela, has welcomed the hefty sentence handed down to Sbusiso Nkosi.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has issued a call for nominations for the annual 2021 SAMRC Scientific Merit Awards, which seek to honour the best scientific minds and contributions within health research.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is expected to institute civil proceedings in the Special Tribunal against construction company, Aventine CC, to recover financial losses suffered by the State after the unit concluded an investigation into a temporary housing construction tender awarded to the company by the Limpopo Provincial Government.

South Africa has now crossed the 15 million mark for COVID-19 doses administered.

A new internal ethos of delivering first class customer service will ensure that South African Airways (SAA) is revived to its former glory.

KwaZulu-Natal province is set to host the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC from 15 - 21 November 2021.

The start date for the National Senior Certificate examination has been moved to 27 October 2021 from the initial starting date of 1 November 2021 to accommodate the upcoming local government elections.

South Africa has formally nominated and lodged papers for Professor Mthunzi Perry-Mason Mdwaba to run as the next Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has urged South African aged 18 and above to visit the country’s 23 146 voting stations at the weekend to register to vote on the 1 November municipal elections.

A North West police officer has been dismissed after he allegedly impregnated an inmate.

The drive-by shooting that claimed the lives of three women in Inanda, Durban, at the weekend was part of intimidation tactics devised to weaken and undermine the country’s Constitution ahead of the 1 November municipal elections.

In an effort to ensure that all clients are attended to, the Mpumalanga Department of Employment and Labour through its entities led by Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will be embarking on a campaign of "Taking services to the people of Secunda".