South Africa

Industrialisation and transformation are at the centre of the Department of Trade and Industry’s efforts to grow the South African economy.

The School of Hard Knocks (SOHK) in the Western Cape has taken the initiative to contribute to addressing South Africa’s youth unemployment challenge by providing courses that assist youth to enter the job market.

Police in Gauteng have welcomed the heavy sentences handed down to three infamous taxi rape suspects, who unleashed terror across Johannesburg in 2017.

Gauteng Social Development MEC Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe has made a stern warning against unregistered Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs), particularly those who work with vulnerable groups.

The head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), Karen Breytenbach, has been asked to vacate her position.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday preside over the signing of the Presidential Health Compact aimed at improving the quality of the South African healthcare system.

A two-day conference is now underway to reflective on the first 25 years of democracy and how the country can map the next quarter.

South Africa will next week host the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) high level policy dialogue forum on secondary education in Africa.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has proposed additional funding support of R59 billion over the next two financial years to help the embattled power utility meet its financial obligations.

The National Assembly will today consider and make decisions on the on the 2019 Appropriation Bill and the much anticipated special Eskom Appropriation Bill.

Services at the Bedfordview Licensing Centre and the rates hall have been restored following a break-in earlier this month.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has advised those who intend to make oral submissions at the upcoming public hearings into the Political Party Funding Act in the Western Cape to do so by the end of business on Wednesday.

It was a dream come true for residents of Olifantshoek when they awoke on Monday morning to healthcare services at their doorstep.

Government remains committed to working with business to achieve national goals, says Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Eskom has restored power supply to some parts of Gauteng where communities have allowed its technicians safe access to conduct their work.