South Africa

Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, says 21 villages in Mpumalanga and Limpopo are set to benefit from the Loskop Regional Bulk Water Supply Project.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says freedom of the media to do its work is an imperative pillar of South Africa's democracy.

The Information Regulator has invited all public and private bodies to submit their Annual Reports for the 2022-2023 financial year on access to information requests received and processed by 30 June 2023.

The Department of Transport has lauded the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme (TRP) as a huge success following the scrapping of over 81 000 old taxi vehicles with a pay out of more than R5.6 billion scrapping allowance to taxi operators since its inception in October 2006 to March 2023.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit Plus and Force Intervention Brigade Troop Contributing Countries in Namibia today.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he concerned that the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region remain mired in conflict and violence, driven by armed groups that it is well-established are both Congolese and foreign.

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, has slammed the DA’s unfounded assertions that seek to mislead the South African public, score cheap political points and undermine the work of stabilising state-owned enterprises.

The Department of Health says it has noted an announcement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 880 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to safeguard a number of Eskom power stations around the country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the passing of Dutch anti-apartheid activist and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) fighter, Klaas de Jonge.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is forging ahead with the National Health Insurance (NHI) that will enable the country to ensure every citizen receives quality health services, correct diagnosis and free treatment at the point of care.

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says government, together with Eskom, is working on short term measures geared at relieving the expected increased impact of load shedding during the winter season this year.

Members of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), jointly with the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Thursday conducted a raid on an unauthorised warehouse in Vryburg, North West and confiscated millions of rands worth of illegally manufactured alcohol and bitcoin mining equipment.

Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has urged the residents of Soweto to collaborate with government to accelerate service delivery.

South Africa has eight new laboratory-confirmed measles cases, five of which were detected in Limpopo, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Friday.