South Africa

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is scheduled to lead the department’s Second Chance Programme to George in the Western Cape on Saturday.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has urged companies to make sure they obtain a compliance certificate or risk being excluded from doing business with government.

Local youth are at the forefront of assembling, testing, commissioning and delivering new and modern commuter trains for South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions Adv. Nomgcobo Jiba and Special Director of Public Prosecutions Adv. Lawrence Mrwebi with immediate effect.

Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says the delays in digital migration is a concern as it is costly for government and the industry.

The country’s long-term investment plan is expected to be laid out when hundreds of delegates, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, converge for the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference on Friday.

Government has welcomed the life imprisonment sentence the Springs Magistrate’s Court handed to a bishop on Wednesday, who had been found guilty of rape.

Cabinet has requested members of the public to familiarise themselves with the recent court judgment on marijuana.

With matric exams underway, Cabinet has sent its well wishes to all Grade 12 learners and urged parents to support learners during this period.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday receive details of flagship projects undertaken in the African continent by German investors when he attends the G20 Investment Summit.

Cabinet has, in a statement on Thursday, expressed concern at the destruction of transport infrastructure in the country.

Cabinet has welcomed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s maiden Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), saying it is based on the strong conviction that South Africa can be renewed.

Individual taxpayers have until Wednesday to file personal income tax returns before it closes on the day, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) said on Thursday.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize, in his capacity as chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team on Drought and Water Scarcity, has welcomed the funding allocations to deal with the scourge of drought that has gripped and continues to wreak havoc in some parts of the country.

North West Premier Job Mokgoro has called on the Ventersdorp community to identify factual points on why the amalgamation of the former Tlokwe and Ventersdorp Local Municipalities was not working.