South Africa

Eskom has signed leasing contracts with four renewable energy companies to build new renewable energy facilities on land owned by the power utility.

Government has called on all roleplayers in the water and sanitation sector to work together in intensifying the message about the importance of washing hands with water and soap as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Tshwane Mayor, Randall Williams, has commended the city’s Metro Police Department (TMPD) after officers this week nabbed 11 Nigerian nationals for possession of drugs valued at R700 000.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued tips to help residents to save water adding that it is important to remember that South Africa is a water scare country.

Suspended Director-General (DG) of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Kgathatso Tlhakudi, has lost his Labour Court bid to have his suspension declared unlawful and unconstitutional.

In commemorating the International Day of Rural Women, Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Deputy Minister, Zoleka Capa Capa, will on Saturday hand over the Mzinti fresh produce mini packhouse in the Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga.

With R18 trillion collected over the past 25 years, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has been lauded for being at the centre of government’s efforts to improve the lives of society’s most vulnerable.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to embark on an official state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today on the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Royal Highness King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, has called on law enforcement authorities to leave no stone unturned in bringing to book those who continue to kill women and girls.

The North West provincial government says efforts to contain veld fires across the four districts of the province are currently in full swing.

Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen relations with media and support its independence.

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has appealed to sector departments to assist the embattled Lekwa Local Municipality in Mpumalanga to deliver basic services.

National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has called for greater cooperation with communities to end police killings.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday depart South Africa for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a State Visit to take place on 15 - 16 October 2022.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has declared a measles outbreak after three cases from two healthcare facilities were reported in the Greater Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, within 30 days.