South Africa

Stage two loadshedding is expected to continue until Thursday as Eskom attempts to replenish its electricity reserves.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country must urgently reduce its carbon and greenhouse gas emissions or risk experiencing negative social and economic consequences.

The City of Tshwane has warned the public about scammers who are going around Tshwane charging application fees for the city’s Marabastad Townland Social Housing Project.

Gauteng SAPS’s much-vaunted Operation O Kae Molao continues to make significant strides in the fight against crime in the province.

Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced government’s plans to review the Housing Subsidy System (HSS) to improve data integrity and ensure that there is a common understanding on the housing needs in the country.

Western Cape police last week scored major successes when 19 illegal firearms, 790 rounds of ammunition and drugs worth R2 million were confiscated during various operations.

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says it has made strides in recovery after its IT systems experienced a ransomware attack last month.

South Africa has now administered 19 041 535 COVID-19 vaccines after new 21 867 jabs were distributed in the past 24 hours.

The National Consumer Commission has urged consumers to return 100% Apple juice produced by Pioneer Foods.

With only weeks to go until the 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is expecting more than 890 000 candidates to sit for the exams.

South Africa and Palestine have agreed to “exert” joint efforts aimed at reversing the decision to admit Israel, the occupying power, as an observer member to the African Union (AU).

Deputy President David Mabuza has urged sports fans and lovers of the arts to get the COVID-19 jab so that they can return to fill sports stadiums and events in the arts as spectators and audiences.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura, together with Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Moerane, have signed a milestone power purchase agreement which is expected to add an extra 100MW of electricity added to the city's power supply.

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI/Hawks) have launched an investigation into the construction of the R15 million Lesseyton sports facility Enoch Mgijima Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

The establishment of South Africa's hydrogen valley, which has the potential to create up to 32 000 jobs per year by 2030, is inching closer to reality.