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Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Ronald Lamola, is expected to hand over a sports field revamped by offender labour to Mchaka High School in Bushbuckridge on Friday. “Some of the renowned sport icons were identified at school sport tournaments. It is our hope that our work of developing sport fields will revive the vibrant sc... See more- The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced its plan to reconvene the Emergency Committee on monkeypox under the International Health Regulations as infections continue to soar globally. In June, the WHO’s Emergency Committee resolved by consensus the outbreak does not constitute a global public health emergency at this stage. Howeve... See more
- The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will next week kick-off public engagements on Unconventional Gas Regulations in the Northern Cape. The published Unconventional Gas Regulations, which were developed in line with Section 38 of the National Water Act of 1998, prescribe requirements and procedures when using water for unconvent... See more
- Municipalities across the country have received their share of the R33.9 billion first tranche of the Local Government Equitable Share (LGES). Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson, Lungi Mtshali, said the tranche was transferred to the primary bank accounts of the municipalities. In a statement, the ministry said... See more
- Eight initiates have died in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of traditional male circumcision season on 17 June 2022. The development was this week confirmed by the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) during an oversight visit to two initiation schools in Port St John’s, which ... See more
- South Africa now has 3 996 441 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 after 657 people tested positive on Wednesday. Most new cases in the past 24 hours were reported in Gauteng after 52 citizens were confirmed to have contracted the virus, followed by 13 in the Western Cape, eight in the Eastern Cape and seven in KwaZulu-Natal. Meanwhi... See more
- The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) will host a Bidders Conference today for renewable energy producers and stakeholders in relation to government’s call for bids under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) bid window six. The REIPPPP is aimed at urgently addressing the country... See more
- Eastern Cape Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Nomthetheleli Mene, has condemned the wanton attack on an off duty police Sergeant in Zwide on Tuesday evening. Provincial spokesperson, Col Priscilla Naidu, said the Sergeant is from the SAPS Mounted Unit. She said: “[He] returned home at about 9.45pm and after parking his vehicle in his yard i... See more
- “I’m coming back; Mama”- these were the last words of 13-year-old Thembinkosi Silwane - the youngest victim of the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy - to his mother before going out that tragic night. In a tent filled with emotional scenes, President Ramaphosa recounted the last moments of the 21 victims and what their families and friends had to... See more
- President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned liquor establishments who put profits before the lives of children of the country. Delivering a eulogy at the mass funeral service in East London of the teenagers, whose lives were cut short during the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in Scenery Park in the early hours of Sunday, 26 June 2022, President R... See more
