South Africa

Government, working in collaboration with other stakeholders, is executing its role in the provision of humanitarian relief in KwaZulu-Natal.

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says more than 630 schools were affected by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal with 101 of them being inaccessible and 124 suffering extensive damage.

While communities’ rights to protect themselves from criminality is enshrined in the Constitution, this had to be done within a legal framework.

Trade and investment relationships between South Africa and Guinea Bissau are being deepened, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the African Union and its Member States are demonstrating that the acceptance of unconstitutional takeovers of governments on the continent will not be tolerated.

The Panel of Experts that reviewed the scientific basis for breaching the mouth of the Lake St. Lucia Estuary at the St. Lucia Eco Lodge has found that there were many ecological reasons that would justify the breach.

With only a week left to the final deadline for the extended grace period for the renewal of driving licence cards, Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, has encouraged all those who have yet to come forward to renew their licences to do so immediately.

The preliminary statistics for the Easter weekend shows that the number of crashes declined by 28.6% resulting in a 31.5% decline in the number of fatalities on South African roads.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the future of Africa depends on the strengthening and deepening of relations between countries on the continent.

South Africa has recorded 6 372 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3776298.

Government remains committed to the agenda of thorough-going transformation, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Government has worked tirelessly to resolve the jet fuel shortage experienced at OR Tambo International Airport.

Despite a raft of challenges that continue to besiege South Africa, the lives of citizens have significantly improved since the country became a democratic state in 1994.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a stern warning to government departments and businesses providing goods and services, that South Africa will not stand for acts of self-enrichment at the expense of those who need relief - following a deluge of catastrophic floods in some parts of the country.

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development, Nonhlanhla Khoza, has called on friends and colleagues of gender-based violence (GBV) victims not to be silent when they become aware of GBV cases.