South Africa

Cabinet has approved the report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Electoral Systems Reforms be submitted to Parliament.

While the Special Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) will come to an end on 31 December 2021, Cabinet has granted a 12 month grace period at the expiry of the document.

Cabinet has welcomed the historic R131 billion Just Transition Partnership established by South Africa with France, Germany, the UK, the United States and the European Union announced at the recent COP26.

The recent Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) sends a strong message of commitment to prudent fiscal discipline, says Cabinet.

Cabinet is pleading with parents and caregivers to keep an eye on their children following recent sporadic cases of child kidnappings across the country.

Cabinet has once again urged people to vaccinate ahead of the festive season and the looming COVID-19 fourth wave.

Cabinet says it has noted the rising xenophobic sentiments and stereotypes in some parts of the country against foreign nationals.

Women are not safe anywhere, even on film sets, where many still experience gender-based violence (GBV) at the hands of men.

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, says the country – especially men – need to take accountability for the gender based violence and femicide “pandemic” currently plaguing South Africa.

Customers of the South African Post Office (Sapo) have one week left to renew their post box rental for 2022 at this year’s rate.

South Africa’s biodiversity economy has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and this has had an impact on both domestic and international travel and tourism.

South Africa on Wednesday recorded over 1 000 new COVID-19 cases, of which 80% were logged in Gauteng.

Government’s plan to migrate citizens from analogue to digital television is on track as a total of 572 255 beneficiary households have been migrated from the current total of 1 228 879.

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has urged local residents and holiday travellers to be alert about the prevalence of rabies in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.

Defence and Military Veterans Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla says the department has undertaken measures to verify the status of 57 individuals who were involved in an incident where he, along with Minister Thandi Modise and Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, were held hostage last month.