South Africa

Pretoria - Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says police are working hard to bring calm and maintain law and order in protesting communities in the south of Johannesburg.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant that her department is considering adopting harsher measures for non-compliance with labour regulations.

Pretoria – With the signing of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) Bill, South Africa will be aligned to the international intervention which seeks to fight money laundering and financing of terrorism.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the intervention by President Jacob Zuma in Vuwani, Limpopo, which has seen the re-opening of schools and business operations returning to normal.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the Draft Reviewed Rural Transport Strategy which responds to the priorities of rural district municipalities and provinces.

Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu will on Sunday lead a government delegation to meet with the representatives of the communities of the south of Johannesburg.

Pretoria – Cabinet has joined President Jacob Zuma in congratulating Emmanuel Macron, the President-elect of the Republic of France, following his victory on 7 May in the French presidential elections.

Pretoria – The 2017 Tourism Indaba, which will be held next week, is expected to showcase South Africa’s products and services in the tourism and hospitality sector.

Pretoria - Gauteng Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza announced that more than half of the outstanding payments to Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) funded by the Gauteng Provincial Government were processed for payment on Tuesday.

Johannesburg – About 20 people have died of Malaria in Gauteng in the past five months, according to Dr Chike Asomugha, a senior advisor for Public Health and Communicable Diseases, at the Hillbrow Clinic, in central Johannesburg.

Cape Town – Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says government has implemented policies and measures that promote radical economic transformation.

Cape Town – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says the work of assessing the viability of a merger between South African Airways and SA Express is done, pending a government review.

Pretoria – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says debt owed to the department by some water boards and municipalities amounted to around R2.7 billion.

Cape Town – Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Senzeni Zokwana says government is working tirelessly to assist poultry farms that have been shut down due to illegal brown meat dumping.

Cape Town – Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has imposed a number of cost-cutting measures in a bid to improve its financial position as the public broadcaster buckles under financial strain.