South Africa

The Department of Health has issued a call for heightened awareness among the public as three new laboratory-confirmed cases of Mpox have been detected.

Family law and the creation of a just society were some of the issues under scrutiny at the launch of Human Rights Month on Friday.

Deputy Minister in the department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities, Mmapaseka Steve Letsike has called for a collective effort in raising children equally so as to dismantle historical injustices while also eradicating inequality.

The KwaZulu-Natal province aims to secure an additional R4 billion in investments in the 2025/26 financial year and create 5 000 potential jobs, Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli said on Friday.

The South African government is committed to reinvigorating the country’s logistics sector as an enabler of economic prosperity.

A men’s engagement conference seeking to address gender-based violence and promote a shift towards healthy masculinity is set to be held next week.

Victims of the recent Durban floods have been moved to temporary emergency accommodation, the Ministry of Human Settlements said on Friday.

A police officer arrested for the alleged illegal possession of two firearms and ammunition, is expected to appear in the Odendaalsrus Magistrates Court today, said the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS).

Analysis of the recent destructive weather event in Montana, north of Pretoria, has been confirmed as a landspout and not a tornado.

With today marking the deadline to register spaza shops and other food-handling outlets to register their businesses with their local municipalities, there is no decision to extend the due date.

Critical issues affecting Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students were at the core of a meeting between Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane and the South African Technical Vocational Education and Training Student Association (SATVETSA).

Innovation in the development of new, competitive furniture products will come to the fore at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s (dtic) Furniture Design Competition Awards ceremony this afternoon.

The Group of Twenty (G20) has urged Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to enhance their collaboration and efficiency while working with relevant stakeholders to implement the G20 Roadmap for Bigger, Better and More Effective MDBs.

The South African Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency will continue the focus on finance and health coordination through the Joint Finance and Health Task Force (JFHTF), as it recognises the high potential impact of health risks on the global economy.

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors have reiterated support for the work of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in combatting money laundering, terrorist financing, and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.