South Africa

Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka Mhinga and the late Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa, are among the South Africans and foreign nationals who will receive National Orders this year.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing of struggle stalwart Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela.

North West Premier Job Mokgoro is on a service delivery drive this week in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize will on Thursday attend and address the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) conference hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry’s (dti) at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize will on Wednesday visit Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality in the Free State to assess the council’s service delivery turnaround strategy.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Equatorial Guinea this morning for bilateral talks with his counterpart President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

Eskom has secured a $180 million loan, which will be used to expand South Africa’s renewable energy efforts.

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has collected an amount of R1.28 trillion during the collection season for the 2018/19 financial year, acting revenue collector, commissioner Mark Kingon, said on Monday.

The Electoral Commission has launched an innovative online reporting platform to help combat the scourge of disinformation intended to unfairly influence the elections.

International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has told the international community that South Africa’s arms were open to any person who wished to reside in the country.

The KwaZulu-Natal government will on Tuesday open a government owned furniture manufacturing plant, specialising in building coffins.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned violence against foreign nationals in South Africa and called on law enforcement agencies and law-abiding citizens to identify perpetrators and bring them to book.

The President of the National Development Bank, Kundapur Vaman Kamath, says the bank plans to approve development financing amounting to $2.3 billion in South Africa by the end of the year.

The Department of Home Affairs says technical teams are assisting front offices that are experiencing difficulties since the system upgrade, which began last Friday.

Eskom has refuted claims that there have been safety breaches at the Koeberg nuclear power plant in the Western Cape.