South Africa

North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro, has committed to unblocking the impasse around the Taung Dam maintenance project.

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) has assured President Cyril Ramaphosa of the business community’s support for current efforts to stabilise electricity supply in the country and to secure the sustainability of Eskom as a power utility.

South Africa’s Special Economic Zones have attracted over R16.8 billion in investments, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

The Department of Labour has cautioned the public against a new scam doing the rounds which promises employees who have worked between 1990 and 2019 that they have rights to get financial benefits from the department.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has decided to postpone the implementation of the Political Party Funding Act.

Government has applauded and welcomed the life imprisonment sentence handed down to the man convicted of abusing and murdering his former girlfriend's son, Baby Daniel, in 2016.

The newly launched National Lotteries Commission will increase investment in the townships of the Free State, says Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Bulelani Magwanishe.

With colder weather slowly settling in, South Africans should anticipate not more than Stage 1 load shedding up until the end of August, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.

The home of liberation struggle icon Solomon Mahlangu will soon be declared a heritage site.

National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has welcomed the arrest of five police officers for their alleged involvement in human trafficking, kidnapping and extortion in two separate incidents.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) centres will this morning return to full operation following an end to the strike over salaries.

Law enforcement agencies are on high alert and monitoring the so-called “total shutdown” protest in Alexandra, Johannesburg, over service delivery failures.

Government has condemned the spreading of fake news and acts of criminality, which have resulted in the displacement of foreign nationals in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has declared the 4th Annual Meeting of the New Development Bank (NDB), which was held in Cape Town for the past three days, a resounding success.

Local companies are keen to profile South Africa’s industrial capabilities at the 12th Latin American Defence and Security Exhibition (LAAD), which is currently underway in Brazil.