South Africa

Employment and Labour Director-General, Thobile Lamati, says officials must redouble efforts to reposition the organisation to lead the war against unemployment.

The Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) has become the first to make the new vision a reality by unveiling the CHIETA SMART Skills Centre in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, is working around the clock to restore its image under the new leadership following the scenes that hogged headlines last year.

Parliament has welcomed the budget allocated by National Treasury to restore fire-damaged buildings.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has called on the global community to collaborate in combating terrorism.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) says the supply chain of petroleum products to South Africa is “resilient as ever”.

The EThekwini Municipality will from Thursday, 27 October, embark on the much-anticipated stage of recommissioning the oThongathi Water Treatment Plant that will see residents of oThongathi and surrounding areas receiving water from their taps.

The pension benefits of former Limpopo Health Department head of department, Dr Thokozani Mhlongo, have been frozen pending the finalisation of civil proceedings in a matter related to the unlawful procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by the department.

Nkangala District Municipal Manager, Maggie Skosana, and her driver Gugu Mtsweni, who went missing last week after they were accosted as they entered the council’s premises, were on Thursday found alive in Diepsloot, Gauteng.

Transnet says operations at its Cape Town terminals are back at full tilt with backlogs caused by the recent industrial action cleared.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwa’s emphasis on ensuring that government finances are spent in an equitable, efficient and flexible manner to support South Africa’s development objectives.

Eskom says it will be implementing various stages of load shedding throughout the weekend following the near depletion of its emergency generation reserves.

The Presidency has moved to assure South Africans that law enforcement agencies are monitoring any threats to the public.

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the announcement made by the Minister of Finance in respect of the funding and the future of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project and the e-tolls.

Government is expected to step up spending on the “social wage” over the next three years to bring much needed financial boosts to sectors such as health, education, housing and transport.