South Africa

SA Express is readying itself for take-off, it said on Thursday.

As South Africa and the world gears up to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 100th year, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) will donate two wheelchairs to a children’s home in Bronkhorspruit.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the Post Office have entered into an agreement that will see social grant recipients smoothly transferred to the new payment system, the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) announced on Thursday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa kicks off his state visit to Saudi Arabia this morning as he is scheduled to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers of Finance have agreed that regional integration within the finance and investment sector should be deepened.

In the spirit of Thuma Mina, Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) will lead the Western Cape provincial #100MenMarch to create awareness of violence against women and children.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 25th Anniversary of the African Export-lmport Bank (Afreximbank) serves as an inspiration to what the continent can achieve with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has concluded his working visit to Nigeria, will continue with his three-nation visit which will now take him to Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) has distanced itself from a fake news article doing the rounds on social media, claiming that SASSA accidentally paid grants to 17 000 illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe.

The South African Air Force Chief is not on suspension, the South African National Defence Force said on Wednesday.

A high employment rate, quality education, less teenage pregnancy and a place where children’s rights are not violated -- these are some of the dreams young South Africans have for a better country.

Nkhono Johannes Mohlala has been tasked with stabilising teaching and learning activities in the North West Basic Education Department as the newly appointed administrator.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday assured Home Affairs clients that services at the building hosting the identification system will be restored by the end of business today.

Learners attending a Winter School Programme have been encouraged to keep the late Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu’s dream alive by being the legacy.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the department will be moving to paperless applications for birth, marriage and death registrations, as well as the printing of parents’ details on their children’s passports.