South Africa

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is on track with arrangements to disburse the January 2023 social grants payments from 03 January 2023.

The City of Cape Town has reminded residents and visitors that Milnerton Lagoon, Milnerton Estuary Mouth and Lagoon Beach remain closed for swimming due to pollution in the Diep River.

Operations at O.R. Tambo International Airport are back to normal after travellers experienced delays with domestic departures, as well as international departures.

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has expressed sadness at the sudden passing of Peter Theodore Alexander Cloete, the Education District Director of Namakwa in the Northern Cape, who lost his battle with cancer.

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says his department will assist the family members of those who died in the Christmas Eve gas tanker explosion in Boksburg.

Government has relocated all families that were displaced by the KwaZulu-Natal floods to new and more acceptable accommodation.

The participation of the first complete crew from townships across Cape Town in the Cape2Rio yacht race demonstrates that the process of transformation continues to progress and deepens in communities.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his sympathies to the families of those who died following the explosion of gas cylinders on a truck at Boksburg last week.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned an alleged violent racist incident at the Maselspoort Resort just outside Bloemfontein on Christmas day.

Christmas message by Deputy President David Mabuza for the year 2022.

State freight rail and ports company Transnet has posted a profit of some R159 million for the first six months of this financial year ending September 30th after posting a loss of some R78 million in 2021.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced on Friday that measles cases continue to soar across the country.

Holidaymakers travelling on major routes in the North West province can expect a smooth ride as construction work has been halted to ease traffic congestion during the festive rush.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on law enforcement agencies to leave no stone unturned to apprehend the criminals responsible for the kidnapping and hijacking of two engineers contracted by the Mhlathuze Water Board last week.

Due to the high levels of road traffic during the festive season, the Gauteng Provincial Government has vowed to intensify road safety operations specifically for public transport operators.