South Africa

Pretoria - Gauteng Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza has called on Gautengers to declare an end to the senseless killings of defenceless young women.

Cape Town – Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he will soon give Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, a progress report on the implementation of the Life Esidimeni Ombudsman’s report.

Cape Town – Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the tax credits that are being earmarked for the establishment of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Fund amount to R20 billion.

Pretoria - The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) is participating in the Tourism Indaba 2017 currently underway in Durban.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe says there is a need for the youth to understand that tourism is a career of choice with numerous opportunities locally and internationally.

Pretoria – The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) SA team has presented the first Array Release (AR) 1.5 images taken with MeerKAT 32, to Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.

Pretoria - Eskom is open to doing more business with the African continent, the utility said on Tuesday.

Pretoria-The ideals of radical economic transformation requires employment multipliers and skills transfer programmes that are dedicated to enhancing democracy and building an equitable society, says Public Works Minister, Nathi Nhleko

Pretoria – The Department of Public Works is set to finalise the Baseline Study on the Transformation of the Property Sector in order to realise the goals of radical economic transformation.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says South Africans must unite against the recent attacks and killing of women and children, as well as human trafficking, after separate gruesome killings of women and children in some parts of the country.

Cape Town – Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says the much anticipated Mining Charter will soon be gazetted for public comment.

Pretoria - Government is making inroads in putting in place policy and legislative measures that will secure South Africa’s cyberspace.

Cape Town - Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has stressed the need to urgently maintain infrastructure, repair leaks rapidly and to operate water systems more efficiently in South Africa, if the country wants to curb losing R7 billion annually to water losses.

Pretoria – The Department of Higher Education and Training will this year address dysfunction within the examinations system and clear the certification backlog, Minister Blade Nzimande announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Nearly R80 billion passes through the country’s points of entry illegally every year, putting South Africa as one of the countries on the continent with high illicit financial movements.