South Africa

Strengthening economic and trade relations will be at the core of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s working visit to Russia.

Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe has called for a more urgent, coordinated, and victim-centred national response to the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in the country.

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, together with OR Tambo District Executive Mayor Mesuli Ngqondwana and King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipality Executive Mayor Nyaniso Nelani, has dismissed claims that the Mthatha Dam caused the recent flooding in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.

The Human Sciences Research Council’s Africa BRICS and Global South (ABGS) research unit will host a seminar focused on utilising the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to promote regional health-industrial integration and foster inclusive development across the continent.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has extended condolences to the government and people of India after a plane that was carrying 242 passengers crashed.

The Department of Tourism, in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), will launch the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre in the Free State, on Sunday, 22 June 2025.

The Eastern Cape Provincial Government, in collaboration with municipalities and social partners, is providing essential relief and recovery services to the communities affected by heavy rains and strong winds that have battered the province since Monday.

The Serious Corruption Investigation component of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation has this week secured a conviction in a high-profile corruption matter involving three police officials attached to the Provincial Taxi Violence Unit in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Equipping young people with the skills necessary to become entrepreneurs is essential for the success of society and for overturning the post-apartheid laws that prevented the majority from engaging in the economy.

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) have arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian national upon arrival at OR Tambo International Airport from São Paulo.

The eThekwini Municipality has announced temporary closure of Stapleton Road Bridge in Pinetown, west of Durban, to facilitate urgent and accelerated repair work.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has forecast fine and cold to cool but partly cloudy weather with showers and rain expected in the north-east of the country.

National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Fannie Masemola says the men and women in blue remain hard at work to create a crime-free South Africa.

The first group of South African troops who were deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) are expected to arrive in Bloemfontein on Friday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit flood-affected areas in the Eastern Cape today, due to rising casualties and damage to infrastructure caused by the severe weather impacting the OR Tambo and Amathole District Municipalities.