South Africa

Responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “Thuma Mina” initiative, the Volvo Group Southern Africa is introducing a Youth Employment Initiative.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to business people, labour leaders and ordinary South Africans to become investment envoys as part of his plan to attract more than one trillion rand worth of investment to South Africa over the next five years.

While South Africa enjoys relative stability, the Department of State Security has expressed concern at recent developments in KwaZulu-Natal and North West provinces.

The Department of State Security is hard at work to establish a Review Panel into the State Security Agency, Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba said on Friday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday attended the Volvo Group Southern Africa’s Youth Employment Initiative.

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says while South Africa a peaceful country that lives in harmony with its neighbours, it must remain vigilant.

Transport Minister Blade Nzimande used his Budget Vote speech on Friday to announce several bold projects that his department will undertake.

The Department of Transport, throughout its entities, will take urgent measures to deal firmly with crime, corruption and State capture.

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation on Thursday arrested four suspects aged between 29 and 44, for racketeering, money laundering, dealing and illegal possession of narcotics, steroids, prohibited firearms and ammunitions, as well as kidnapping.

Tourism Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe says more work needs to be done to ensure that the benefits of tourism are accessible to all.

A South African wine company has secured a deal which will see it export wine to China.

Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says the department is finalising the modalities of how the recently announced R2.1 billion small business and innovation fund will be implemented.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says the number of cases of Listeriosis reported per week has decreased since the implicated products were recalled on 4 March 2018, with a total of 64 cases reported since 5 March.

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Bathabile Dlamini, has called on women to speak out against violence.

Energy Minister Jeff Radebe will today launch the Xina Solar One Concentrated Solar Power Project in the Northern Cape.