Review to merge SAA, SA Express at an advanced stage
Cape Town – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says the work of assessing the viability of a merger between South African Airways and SA Express is done, pending a government review.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says the work of assessing the viability of a merger between South African Airways and SA Express is done, pending a government review.
Pretoria – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says debt owed to the department by some water boards and municipalities amounted to around R2.7 billion.
Cape Town – Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Senzeni Zokwana says government is working tirelessly to assist poultry farms that have been shut down due to illegal brown meat dumping.
Cape Town – Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has imposed a number of cost-cutting measures in a bid to improve its financial position as the public broadcaster buckles under financial strain.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will appeal a court decision ordering him to submit the record and reasons of the decision to reshuffle his Cabinet, said the Presidency.
Pretoria - The Presidency says the former chairperson of the Board of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Yershen Pillay, has served his full three-year term at the agency.
Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will be back in the National Assembly today for an oral reply session.
Pretoria - South Africa and Tanzania’s political and economic relations will be top of the agenda when President Jacob Zuma and his counterpart, John Pemba Magufuli, meet this morning.
Cape Town – The Department of Communications will soon release a paper that will give government’s position on what needs to be done to achieve media transformation.
Johannesburg – The Gauteng Health Department aims to vaccinate one million children between the ages of six months and 59 months following an outbreak of measles in the province.
Pretoria - National Treasury is in the process of finding a new Director General following the resignation of Lungisa Fuzile.
Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Tuesday told members of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services in Parliament that overcrowding in Pollsmoor prison has been reduced by 90%.
Pretoria - Government’s radical economic transformation should not bring about disquiet, given that many had been excluded from participating in the South African economy, says Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba.
Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has urged water users to inculcate the culture of using water more wisely as most dams across the country continue to decline week on week.
Pretoria - Phumeza Nhantsi has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of South African Airways (SAA).