South Africa

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has confirmed that an unfair labour practice involving suspended deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay has been resolved.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Thomson has called on municipalities to ensure the country’s environment is clean.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and Human Settlements, Jacob Mamabolo, has condemned the barricading of the Golden Highway road, burning of tyres and stoning of cars in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg.

Pretoria - Eskom has stopped implementing load shedding for the rest of the day.

Pretoria – Gauteng will spend more than R94 billion on both social and economic infrastructure projects over the next three years, Finance MEC Barbara Creecy said on Wednesday.

Pretoria – The Judicial Matters Amendment Bill is expected to enhance organizational efficiency and improve the application of different Acts of Parliament.

Pretoria – Home Affairs says it is making good progress in replacing outdated systems with new, secure and cutting-edge technologies.

Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Learning Academy has made huge strides in attracting young engineers, who want to be part of efforts to enhance the quality of water delivered to citizens.

Pretoria - The City of Ekurhuleni’s e-siyakhokha online payment system is up and running with an additional hi-tech function set to address technical glitches experienced by users in December.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced an upward adjustment to the minimum wage of farmworkers with effect from 1 March 2015.

Pretoria - Eskom will implement stage one load shedding this morning as the electricity system continues to be constrained.

Former President Nelson Mandela once observed that “education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world”.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed three Judges to act as Judges of the Constitutional Court during various periods, due to the vacancy which occurred and vacation leave of one of the Judges of the Constitutional Court, respectively.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday signed a few acts into law, in terms of section 84(2)(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

Pretoria - Due to a shortage of generation capacity, Eskom has moved to stage two load shedding.