South Africa

In commemorating International Women’s Day on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa punted the importance of empowering women to ensure their economic and financial independence.

The Mountain Rise South African Police Service (SAPS) have arrested four suspects for stolen property at a warehouse located on Coventry Place, in Eastwood, Pietermaritzburg.

Eskom says it will implement stage 1 load shedding today.

Western Cape provincial detectives have launched an extensive search for the suspects behind the gruesome murder of seven people in Khayelitsha at the weekend.

One of the first African South Africans to become a medical doctor, Dr Alfred Bathini Xuma, has been described as an exemplary leader who believed that neither race nor social circumstance should be a barrier to medical care.

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says rural settlements must be transformed in order to counter urban migration trends.

South Africa is geared to deal with Coronavirus, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, told community members in KwaZulu-Natal’s Umngungundlovu District on Sunday.

The wife of South Africa’s first confirmed Coronavirus patient, has tested positive for the virus, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday.

Robust containment and control activities can significantly slow the spread of the Coronavirus, says the World Health Organization (WHO).

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is expected engage the community of the Umngungundlovu District in KwaZulu-Natal on the Coronavirus.

Government is in the process of identifying facilities that will accommodate South Africans who will be repatriated from China, says Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, has confirmed South Africa’s second case of the Coronavirus while also calling for calm.

South Africa’s first confirmed coronavirus patient is in a stable condition at Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, where he is being treated.

South Africa’s reindustrialisation programme is set to come into sharp focus at the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) meeting held at the Union Buildings on Friday.

Inspectors from the Department of Employment and Labour have prohibited learners at Saul Ridge High School in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, from using eight classrooms and toilets due to the facilities not complying with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.