The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has welcomed the R28.9 billion increase in the allocation of local government equitable share over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework.
International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister, Candith Mashego-Dlamini, says diplomacy remains the key to a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Makhotso Sotyu, says the loss of biodiversity and its knock-on effect on livelihoods poses a risk to African women, leaving them even more vulnurable to the negative effects of gender inequality.
Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has warned that with South Africa being a net importer of oil, the persistent conflict in Ukraine is having a severe impact on fuel prices which, in turn, is driving up food prices.
The South African Police Services (SAPS) and the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Tuesday launched a manhunt for four inmates who escaped from the Rooigrond Correctional Facility, near Mahikeng.
Software producing company Systems Applications Products (SAP) has been ordered to pay back at least R431 million in contract fees to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).
National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Chairperson, Amos Masondo, has called on government to assist in closing existing gaps in the provision of water and sanitation services to South Africans.
Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, says there are no further delays anticipated for the completion of the Nooitgedacht/Coega Low Level Water Scheme in the Eastern Cape.
The agricultural sector has the potential to be a key driver on South Africa’s road to economic reconstruction and recovery.
Five young people from an Eastern Cape rural town are breeding success after putting their Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to good use.
A recipient of the Social Relief of Distress Grant is sitting pretty after using her monthly R350 to start Lady Q Designs, a furniture-making business.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South Africans - whether individuals or businesses - to always choose to buy local to support livelihoods, small business development and job creation.
The Department of Social Development has expressed its gratitude and appreciation to social workers across the country.
Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, is leading a South African delegation at the United Nations 66th Session of Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW66) at UN Headquarters in New York.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted a further extension of the National State of Disaster on COVID-19, until 15 April 2022.
