South Africa

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has commended President Cyril Ramaphosa’s chosen Cabinet for the 6th administration.

Locally manufactured medical devices have sparked interest from delegates attending the Africa Health Exhibition, underway at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand.

One by one, the country’s newly appointed 28 Ministers and 34 Deputy Ministers vowed to respectfully serve the country as the sixth administration was sworn into office.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed his commitment to serve the 57 million South Africans by addressing the triple challenges of inequality, poverty, and unemployment.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has banned livestock imports and their products from Lesotho into South Africa, following a report of a susceptible anthrax outbreak.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today host 70 girl learners in Grade 10 - 12 from various schools around Gauteng and the Western Cape as part of the Take a Girl Child to Work programme to be held at

With the new Cabinet Ministers appointed, President Cyril Ramaphosa will now turn his focus to the State of the Nation Address (SONA), where he will outline the vision and plans for the country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a reconfigured Cabinet with the number of Ministers reduced to 28, down from 36 in the previous administration.

Government has yet again showed its commitment to job creation, with the composition of a new Ministry of Employment and Labour which will focus on addressing the challenge of unemployment in the country.

In the election of the 8th of May, South Africans provided this administration with a clear mandate to accelerate inclusive economic growth, act with greater urgency to tackle poverty, improve government services, fight corruption and end state capture.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished the South African Cricket team, the Proteas, well for the 2019 World Cup.

The gazetting of a network of 20 new representative Operation Phakisa: Oceans Economy Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has increased South Africa’s marine ecosystem area under protection in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Ten Gauteng Provincial Government Members of the Executive (MEC) will be sworn in this morning.

While control measures remain in place in the high surveillance area of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has declared the end of the outbreak.

David Mabuza has been sworn-in as a Member of Parliament.