South Africa

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has officially opened applications for the 2027 academic year.

Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has identified innovation in housing finance, integrated human settlements, and stronger partnerships as three key priorities for the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) as it enters the next phase of South Africa’s housing journey.

Literacy remains as relevant today as it has ever been.

The Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, has conveyed condolences to the family of 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane, whose body was discovered on the side of the road in KwaThema, Springs.

Heavy rains in the Eastern Cape could not dampen the spirits of the Ngonyama Village community, who turned out in large numbers for the official opening of a R1.4 million shearing shed aimed at boosting wool production and improving the livelihoods of local farmers.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says very cold and wet conditions are expected in places over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape and the south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday.

Social Development Minister Dina Pule and Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Bukiwe Fanta have condemned incidents of school violence following the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Siphosethu Jack at Kuyasa Senior Secondary School in Dimbaza.

South Africans have been urged to pay close attention to official weather warnings and prepare early as El Niño conditions raise the risk of extreme heat, reduced rainfall, water shortages, agricultural losses and veld fires.

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga has vowed that government will intensify its response to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), as South Africa mourns nine women killed in the Ekurhuleni region since July this year.

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has noted and respects the Constitutional Court judgment declaring that the Public Procurement Act, 2024, was adopted in a manner inconsistent with the Constitution and is consequently invalid.

The Department of Health (DoH) has called for vigilance of Mpox symptoms following a rapid increase in laboratory-confirmed Mpox cases in the past few weeks.

In a significant milestone toward building a safer freight logistics system for truck drivers, government has launched a plan to improve truck-stop facilities by turning them into professionally managed sites where drivers can park, rest and access essential services.

Government must create a better enabling environment for the macadamia sector by addressing constraints on market access, tariffs, infrastructure, logistics, regulation, investment and skills.

KZN Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has encouraged the public to remain vigilant as heavy rains are expected to continue on Friday in the southern parts of the province.

The body of Gracious Nkomo has been positively identified as one of the women whose bodies were discovered along the R21 in Kempton Park in recent grim findings of the bodies of missing women in and around Ekurhuleni.