South Africa

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted Eskom a 9.41% tariff increase in the 2019/20 financial year.

Countries that do not anticipate and adapt to the changes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will be left behind and find themselves less competitive, President Cyril Ramaphosa says.

Political parties and interested groups have until 5pm tomorrow to lodge objections to the provisional voters’ roll, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Thursday.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has expressed concern at media reports of non-payment of allowances for students at University of South Africa (UNISA).

The Portfolio Committee on Social Development wants to have a meeting with the National Treasury and the Department of Public Works for clarity and reasons for the non-completion of the construction of a drug treatment centre in the Free State.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize says several municipalities that were identified as dysfunctional or distressed have turned the corner and interventions are bearing fruit.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told an organisation of young global CEOs to use their influence to play a greater role to make a positive impact on society.

Government has called on citizens to work with government to clean-up the country and contribute to solving the global and national environmental challenges.

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya says the directorate has deployed one of its members to attend the State Capture Commission daily to monitor some of the cases that the elite crime-fighting unit is investigating.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has officially handed over the newly constructed Marotola Primary School to the community of Stinkwater in Hamanskraal.

Government has welcomed the sentences handed down to the two men convicted of killing Coligny teenager Matlhomola Moshoeu.

The Gauteng Department of Health (GDOH), in partnership with medical aid schemes and their administrators, has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a public-private partnership.

Work on the development of a master plan for the poultry industry is underway, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said on Wednesday.

The Electoral Commission has reminded all voters, who wish to cast their ballot in the national elections outside of South Africa, that they have just one week left to apply.

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has welcomed Microsoft’s investment in enterprise-grade data centres as they position South Africa as one of the leading Information and Communications technology (ICT) markets on the African Continent.