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Autopax employees to receive balance of salaries

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The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) Administrator Bongisizwe Mpondo has instructed the group’s finance department to immediately release funds to Autopax to pay employee salaries.

Patrick Setshedi appointed acting IPID head

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Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, has appointed Patrick Setshedi as the Acting Executive Director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).

Foreign nationals in Cape Town urged to follow laws

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Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs Chairperson, Advocate Bongani Bongo, has called for an immediate resolution of the situation involving foreign nationals, who were located outside the Central Methodist Mission Church in Cape Town.

GDP down by 1.4%

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The South African Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has revealed, putting the country into a technical recession.

Coordination important for EPWP success

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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says robust engagement and coordination amongst social sector departments and partners is of paramount importance for the success of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).

SA sees decline in rhino poaching

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South Africa is making progress in the fight against rhino poaching with figures showing a steady decline for the fourth consecutive year.

Government commits to leave no district behind

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Government has committed to use the lessons learned from the District Development Model pilot projects, when it launches the model in a further 23 districts during the 2020 calendar year.

Government to launch minimum wage compliance hotline

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Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi will on Thursday launch a new hotline that will allow workers to report cases of non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage (NMW), at no cost to them.

Stakeholders gather to chart way forward on NHI

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The Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has called on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC), war room participants and several international experts to craft a roadmap that will set targets for the implementation of the NHI.