South Africa

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on South Africans to rethink how water is used during Spring Day celebrations and in everyday life.

Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala has urged the built environment industry to embrace technological innovation to improve safety and performance at construction sites.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested a 54-year-old South African man at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday after he was allegedly found in possession of drugs while travelling to Hong Kong, China.

The fight against corruption has yielded significant financial recoveries, with the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) clawing back some R8.3 billion in unlawfully obtained gains.

Government has launched a programme that seeks to expand inclusive economic participation and transformation within the real estate sector through skills development and employment creation.

For more than four decades, the Simelane family has lived with a silence that no family should have to endure: the absence of a daughter, a sister and a young woman whose life was cut short by the machinery of apartheid, yet whose story refuses to disappear.

The Gauteng Political Killing Task Team (PKTT) has arrested an eighth suspect believed to be the mastermind behind the illegal electricity connections and theft of critical infrastructure at the Emfuleni Local Municipality.

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has welcomed the proclamation issued by President Cyril Ramaphosa authorising the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to investigate the awarding of the project for the special maintenance of Road P152/1 from Setlagole and Road P34/4 in Delareyville.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has urged all road users to exercise caution, patience and responsible behaviour on the roads this weekend as the arrival of spring coincides with several festivals, religious gatherings and other events expected to attract large numbers of people across the country.

Productivity growth must be the cornerstone of South Africa’s push to create decent jobs, boost industrial competitiveness and bridge deep-seated economic divides.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Mmapaseka Steve Letsike has called on African governments to move care work from the margins of economic policy and recognise it as essential infrastructure underpinning growth, employment and social development.

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Professor Blade Nzimande, will today embark on a two-day visit to Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the freezing of a Greater Kokstad Local Municipality official’s pension fund following his alleged involvement in a R5.2 million fraudulent information technology (IT) tender.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is investigating Airlink’s flypast over the DHL Stadium ahead of last weekend’s international rugby fixture between the Springboks and the All Blacks.

The Department of Agriculture has urged South Africans to play their part in preventing rabies.