South Africa

South Africans should brace themselves for the possibility of Stage 1 rotational load shedding this afternoon.

By close of business tomorrow, South Africans will know which parties will be on the ballot paper for the 8 May national and provincial elections.

South Africa has signed the international treaty establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) as an intergovernmental organisation tasked with building and operating the world's most powerful radio astronomy telescope.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to work with Zimbabwe in addressing the socio-economic challenges experienced by the two neighbouring countries.

The Department of Labour will on Thursday host a Construction Indaba that will bring together industry role-players to discuss construction regulations compliance in the country.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed the seven-year sentence recently imposed on a KwaZulu-Natal woman convicted of defrauding the revenue collector of approximately R4 million.

Eskom says there is a possibility of load shedding today.

Healthcare will receive a boost later this week when Energy Minister Jeff Radebe hands over a new clinic and a dental facility to communities in Mossel Bay.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will today hand over 42 toilets to the Ubuhle-Bemvelo Primary School, in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal.

Speaker of the North West provincial government, Sussana Dantjie, will today host an engagement session with women in the mining sector.

Government will on Friday launch the TB Prevention Campaign with Amakhosi and TB Ambassadors.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he is expected to co-chair the third session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe BNC with his counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has appointed a six-member panel to interview candidates for the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission).

Progress made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform and the Special Cabinet Committee on Eskom will be under the spotlight today when Deputy President David Mabuza answers questions in the National Assembly.

The Transport Department has transferred R5.7 billion in its medium-term budget appropriation to the toll road network of the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL).