South Africa

Government has set up a special investigation team to probe a telephonic interview between Talk Radio 702 and inmate Radovan Krejcir, which was aired on Friday.

Bilateral relations between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formed part of discussions between the two countries’ Heads of State on Friday.

The VAT review panel has recommended that sanitary products be added to the current list of zero-rated products.

The Competition Tribunal has refused an application to dismiss a complaint against companies accused of price fixing and tender collusion involving a R240 million Eskom tender.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart, President Joseph Kabila Kabange.

Women gathered at the Inter-Generational Dialogues at Freedom Park in Tshwane on Friday unanimously used the platform to push for the increased usage of African languages at school and in the home.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has departed South Africa on a working visit to the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will host a Gender Summit which is aimed at addressing challenges faced by women, at the end of August.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has issued a directive that qualified women must be appointed to vacant senior management positions in an effort for the province to meet its 50/50 target.

Multitudes of South Africans will today retrace the steps of about 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings in Tshwane to protest against the pass laws in 1956.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will prioritise women’s empowerment through its budgeting processes across all departments.

The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Sihle Zikalala, has sent his deepest condolences to the families of KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board employees who drowned when their boat capsized during the early hours of Wednesday.

Today marks 62 years since about 20 000 South African women from all backgrounds and races marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against apartheid pass laws.

A few months ago, when Human Settlements Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo accompanied President Cyril Ramaphosa into the Mbekweni area in Paarl in the Western Cape, 98-year-old resident Nonini "Mandungwana" Adonis said that she had given up hope.

Communications Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana says there is a need to revisit the law with an aim of reversing the burden of proof in rape cases to make defendants to be the ones who have to prove their innocence.