South Africa

With increasing passenger demand, South African Express will add another return flight between Johannesburg and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

It is said that when a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it. Addressing members of the public while seamlessly switching between nine of the 11 official languages, President Cyril Ramaphosa said this year’s Human Rights Day celebration aims to highlight efforts to conserve and promote indigenous languages.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on government and its social partners to strengthen their working relationship to address backlogs in the provision of school and health infrastructure.

Government has used this year’s Human Rights Day to draw attention to the importance of indigenous languages and the need to preserve, revitalise and promote them.

The expansion of one of two KwaZulu-Natal Special Economic Zones, the Dube Trade Port, is set to create hundreds of jobs in that province.

The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is in consultation with a number of stakeholders and water entities throughout the country to ensure that their systems do not fail amid rolling power cuts.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says voters will be faced with their biggest choice yet in a national election after a record number of 48 political parties met the legal requirements to contest this year’s elections.

Parliament has joined the entire nation in commemorating Human Rights Day under the theme ‘The year of indigenous languages: Promoting and deepening a human rights culture’.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has instructed the Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande, to urgently address challenges plaguing commuter rail agency, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).

National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has described the maiden National Safer City Summit as a success.

Eskom says messages being circulated on social and digital media claiming that there will be no electricity in the country are false and misleading.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has proclaimed the establishment of the Investigating Directorate in the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions.

The political parties set to contest the 2019 national and provincial elections have vowed to uphold the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) Code of Conduct while campaigning in the run up to the 8 May polls.

The Johannesburg Water (JW) has advised residents of the City of Johannesburg to check the load shedding schedule of their respective areas on the Eskom and City Power websites, as power outages affect water supply.

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has removed Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Chairperson and Councillor Rubben Mohlaloga from office.