South Africa

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government’s plan to save jobs in the mining sector is starting to bear fruit.

National Treasury is continuing to monitor market conditions for the issuance of a foreign currency denominated bond, it said on Wednesday.

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) Acting Director-General, Phumla Williams, says the department continues to fulfil its communications mandate, despite a challenging environment.

The Department of Labour has reminded employers to submit their employment equity (EE) plan reports on time to avoid penalties.

With information and communication technologies transforming the way people live, work, learn and communicate, more infrastructure is still needed in the rural, peri-urban and township areas.

KwaZulu-Natal police have put in place a multi-disciplinary task team to investigate political violence related cases in the province.

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the department will soon meet with young people to discuss government’s plans to erect a national monument that will depict the country’s identity based on its rich history and heritage.

The high cost of roaming within the SADC region has come under the spotlight at a Ministers of Communications and ICT meeting taking place in Durban, with renewed calls for operators to reduce roaming costs in southern Africa or do away with them altogether.

The latest population research and pressing global and regional population issues will take centre stage when South Africa hosts the International Population Conference in October, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

The National Consumer Tribunal has found retailer Shoprite guilty of reckless lending, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) said on Wednesday.

A group of 44 young chefs from Mdantsane has graduated from the Department of Tourism’s National Youth Chefs Training Programme.

A Gauteng biscuit company is looking forward to potential export opportunities at the upcoming World Food Moscow 2017 Mockba in Russia next week.

Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, will on Thursday brief media in Cape Town on the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the National Development Plan (NDP).

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will on Thursday send a fact finding mission to Lesotho following the assassination of Lesotho Defence Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Khoantle Motsomotso.

President Jacob Zuma is back in the country after his successful working visit to Xiamen, China, where he attended the ninth BRICS Summit.