South Africa

The Western Cape government has welcomed the extension of operations at Tiger Brands’ Langeberg & Ashton Foods (L&AF) plant.

Work to rebuild the oThongathi Water Treatment Plant that was washed away during the floods earlier this year has commenced with the contractor appointed to begin the project.

Eskom has welcomed the arrest of four people alleged to have defrauded the state power utility during state capture.

The owner and two employees of the Enyobeni tavern in which 21 teenagers mysteriously died last month have been arrested in connection with the tragedy.

Public Service and Administration Deputy Minister, Chana Pilane-Majake, is today participating in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) virtual meeting, as part of the ministry’s mandate on anti-corruption.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Sihle Zikalala, has made a clarion call on men to be at the forefront in speaking out and reporting Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF).

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has warned job seekers to be careful with their identity numbers following a surge in public complaints regarding bogus employers.

Transnet’s capital expansion programme has received a boost after the state owned freight and logistics company signed a $1.5 billion five-year senior unsecured term loan facility, led by the Deutsche Bank AG.

Eskom has downgraded daytime load shedding from Stage 4 to Stage 3 for the rest of this week.

The measles outbreak in the Tshwane District has been declared over since more than 42 days, or two incubation periods, have passed without new cases being detected since the outbreak.

The first day of the wage strike by South African Revenue Service (SARS) workers had seen minimal disruption to its services, says the revenue collectors.

South Africa's National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is currently participating in a six-day parliamentary diplomatic engagement, in her capacity as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Task Force (IPU-TF) on the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, will on Thursday unveil the first 200 cohorts of the Border Management Authority (BMA) Border Guards in Musina, Limpopo.

The Department of Employment and Labour has told commercial divers that economic costs of poor occupational health and safety practices in the form of medical and rehabilitation costs, as well as loss of income, affects both the employer and the employee.

At least four people have appeared in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering related to the defrauding of Eskom during the height of state capture at the power utility.