South Africa

Cabinet has congratulated Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu after she was honoured by the Brazilian government.

The Department of Mineral Resources, which has withdrawn the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill, is to bring its focus on gas and oil to Cabinet, Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Thursday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Friday expected to deliver the much-anticipated stimulus package aimed at uplifting the country’s distressed economy.

The North West provincial legislature’s committee on education has called on parents and society as a whole to play their role in instilling discipline and order within communities.

Cabinet has called on all sectors, communities and law-enforcement agencies, to work together, to ensure that schools and public spaces are safe and secure.

Former contributors to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will benefit from a training project that will create employment in the aviation, maritime, commercial diving and agricultural sectors.

Dr Esther Mahlangu (82) is the perfect embodiment of what can be achieved by embracing your heritage. Mahlangu is known all over the world as the South African artist from the Ndebele nation who uses her contemporary painting style to represent amaNdebele.

The Eastern Cape Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has lauded the 20-year sentence the Port Elizabeth High Court handed down to convicted abalone poacher Morné Blignaut (48) on Wednesday.

Government has welcomed the conviction of two brothers who ran a brothel in Arcadia, Tshwane.

While Japanese countries are keen to invest in the South African economy, South Africa can learn a lot from the East Asian nation, says the country’s Ambassador to Japan, Thulani Dlomo.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe is set to engage mining companies and communities in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape this long weekend.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will this morning officiate the opening of the new Home Affairs offices in Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

South Africa’s vision of integrated urban planning continues to be negatively impacted by the development of houses in the periphery of urban centres, says Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Andries Nel.

South African cities are making significant strides in improving the ease of doing business, a report by the World Bank Group has found.

Despite the heatwave in some parts of the country, dam levels in the Western Cape remain consistent, with an improvement from 60.6% to 61.6% this week.