South Africa

The Presiding Officers of Parliament say the institution must and will do all it can to have gender based violence (GBV) declared a national crisis.

Cabinet today released several Ministers from an ordinary sitting of Cabinet in Tuynhuys, Cape Town, to meet with hundreds of students who have gathered at Parliament in protest against gender based violence.

The process to appoint a new Eskom Chief Executive Officer is underway, Interim Executive Chairman Jabu Mabuza said on Wednesday.

Eskom has unveiled its summer plan, which aims to avoid the much dreaded load shedding over the summer months.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on investors to join in the new momentum and look south.

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, is confident police are capable of restoring law and order back into areas affected by violent looting and vandalism in Johannesburg central.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the Team South Africa delegation to the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) which kicks off from 4 to 6 September, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Police will deploy a tried and tested method of integrating operational processes, resources and intelligence as President Cyril Ramaphosa, 20 Heads of State, and other foreign delegates converge in Cape Town, for the World Economic Forum on Africa.

There will be no rotten potatoes today as South African companies are set to participate in the 2019 Fruit Logistica Asia Trade Show that gets underway in Hong Kong.

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has been set up to look at how the criminal justice system can be more "victim-centric".

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released by Statistics South Africa earlier today, which show the economy grew by 3.1 percent from April to June 2019.

An urgent meeting between the Presiding Officers of Parliament and the relevant oversight committees is to be called to determine a parliamentary intervention in the ongoing violent tensions in the country.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has increased the deployment of members to cover all the areas identified as hotspots of violence, where shops have been looted and property set alight.

Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has ordered an investigation into how the alleged murderer of Uyinene Mrwetyana remained in the employ of the South African Post Office (SAPO) despite alleged criminal convictions against him.

The Mineral Resources and Energy Ministry on Tuesday welcomed the mining sector’s performance in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for the second quarter of 2019.