South Africa

The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) have signed a new unlisted developmental investment mandate.

Social Development Deputy Minister, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, will today return to Mzinyathi, Ethekwini in KwaZulu-Natal to continue offering support and relief to those affected by the recent devastating floods.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to reassure South Africans that government is committed to improving the lives of the working class and the poor.

South Africa has recorded 2 650 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 798 413.

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says while the country is still at great risk of COVID-19, government is observing the daily new infections and remains on high alert.

State power utility Eskom says it has set up a project team to specifically deal with the recommendations set out in the State Capture Commission report.

The fourth part of the State Capture Commission’s report has been handed over to the Presidency.

While the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula supports the sentiment that the City of Cape Town must conduct a feasibility study into taking over rail management in the metro, he has not approved the commuter rail takeover by the city.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has noted progress made in assisting those affected by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal.

Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, has on behalf of government extended condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Silumko Sokupa, who passed away on Tuesday after a short illness.

South African Airways (SAA) interim CEO, Thomas Kgokolo, is expected to leave the airline at the end of this month after declining to renew his contract with the airline.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Nairobi, Kenya, for the funeral service of former President Emilio Mwai Stanley Kibaki.

Power has been reconnected to numerous areas in KwaZulu-Natal’s eThekwini Municipality.

South Africa needs to manage the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which has been detected in four provinces, says Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza.

In the midst of the disaster left by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, SASSA has provided Social Relief Distress (SRD) to more than 3 000 affected individuals, to the tune of almost R5 million.