South Africa

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has confirmed that she received former President Jacob Zuma’s resignation letter on Thursday.

Cyril Ramaphosa is currently the Acting President of the Republic following the late night resignation by former President Jacob Zuma, which left a vacancy in the Office of the President.

The new President of the country will be sworn in at 2pm today.

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has postponed his scheduled Friday report back meeting to the people of Mhlabuyalingana, Manguzi, in KwaZulu-Natal.

The three people arrested in connection with the investigations into the Vrede Farm matter are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court this morning.

President Jacob Zuma has tendered his resignation as the head of State in the Republic of South Africa after nine years in office.

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says the Joint Programming Committee, which held an urgent meeting on Wednesday afternoon, has agreed to hold a debate on the Motion of No Confidence on Presi

The Gauteng Provincial Government will invest R440 million on a road construction project on the K54 (Tsamaya Road) in Mamelodi, Tshwane east.

ANC Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu says as soon as the Motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma is passed, the party will waste no time in inaugurating a new President to ensure that Parliament’s programme proceeds as soon as possible.

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) parliamentary caucus has agreed to table a Motion of No Confidence against President Jacob Zuma on Thursday.

Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear plant has today launched a mobile groundwater desalination plant amidst the drought currently gripping the Western Cape.

The Hawks have arrested three people for alleged corruption in respect of the Vrede farm investigations.

There has been a slight increase in South Africa’s dam levels after light rains were experienced across the country this week.

Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) industrial design student Merliska Meerman will use her “Rhino” design concept as a solution to filling the gap currently existing in the South African manufacturing sector for children’s furniture.

The Presidency says its office has not issued an official communication on a media briefing today by President Jacob Zuma.