South Africa

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) will host the annual Diplomatic Fair on Saturday, 22 October 2022, at the Union Buildings' southern lawns in Pretoria.

South African businesspeople who showcased their products at the Sial Paris Food Products Exhibition are confident that the leads that they generated during the exhibition will soon develop into concrete deals.

Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the District Development Model (DDM) is an instrument of government that should be used to promote working together towards a common purpose.

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) has referred the forensic investigation report on the National Skills Fund (NSF) to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

The National Assembly (NA) on Thursday approved the Electoral Amendment Bill at its hybrid plenary sitting on Thursday.

The North West Department of Health is commemorating National Down Syndrome Month, where the duration of October is used to raise awareness of Down syndrome.

The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has declared Obelisk a multiplication scheme after about 4 000 participants, from eight WhatsApp groups, lost R112 million in an alleged scheme selling bitcoin mining machines.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will convene the second Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) next month.

South Africa will resolve its electricity challenges, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed a Special Tribunal judgment ordering a North West scholar transport contractor to pay back overinflated money it was paid by the provincial Community Safety and Transport Department.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has appointed Leanne Jackson as the Chief Ombud of the Ombud Council.

Deputy President David Mabuza assured Parliamentarians on Thursday that government has created a regulatory environment that is conducive to opening up the market for alternative power generation.

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Acting Group CEO, Hishaam Emeran, has welcomed a 15 years’ direct imprisonment sentence that was handed to two illegal immigrants for the theft and smelting of the entity’s stolen copper cables and assets worth R2.6 million.

With the 2022 National Senior Certificate examinations set to begin at the end of the month, Cabinet has urged parents and guardians to play their part by encouraging and motivating learners, and creating a conducive environment for studying at home.

The number of hospitals excluded from load shedding across the country has now increased from 37 to 72 since the last public announcement by Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, in September.