South Africa

South Africa is likely to exit its technical recession in the third quarter, the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) said on Tuesday.

The Eastern Cape Health Department has assured mental healthcare patients at Life Esidimeni Kirkwood that their lives are not in danger with the end of the health facility’s contract.

Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received 10 000 applications for free higher education through its contact centre on Monday.

The growth recorded by the mining sector in the second quarter reaffirms the importance of all partners in the industry to work together in an effort to contribute positively to the growth of the economy.

Reports from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) show a positive response to the new online booking system to obtain driver’s licences at the Centurion licensing station.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern at the high staff turnover in municipalities, saying the phenomenon is contributing to management instability.

More than 100 people were injured on Tuesday in a collision between two passenger trains in Booysens, south of Johannesburg.

The Department of Labour’s Deputy Minister, Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa, is today leading a delegation to visit the Somerset West Denel plant, where eight people died following an explosion on Monday.

In a bid to address mental healthcare in the Eastern Cape Health Department, the ministry has announced that a budget of R10 million has been set aside to recruit health practitioners.

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has officially signalled the beginning of the nomination process for legal practitioners to serve on the inaugural South African Legal Pra

South Africa is participating in the oral hearings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Britain's claim to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

South Africa is casting its trade net even wider at the Outward Selling Mission (OSM) in Peru.

The Department of Labour, through its Information Technology (IT) unit, confirms that there was an attempted Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack on one of the external facing servers.

Acting President David Mabuza has sent his condolences to the families of eight people who lost their lives as a result of the explosion at Rheinmettal Denel Munitions in Somerset West, Western Cape.

The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) first-ever National Crime Detection Conference enters day two.