South Africa

South African born aquatic ecologist Dr Jackie King has been named the 2019 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for her game-changing contributions to global river management.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s aggressive efforts to boost the country’s stagnant economic growth are yielding results, according to figures released by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

President Cyril Ramaphosa will hand over title deeds to more than 50 households in Ebenhaeser, Beeswater, in the Western Cape province on Saturday.

Eskom is currently implementing Stage 2 load shedding which is expected to continue until 11pm tonight.

South African Airways (SAA) has advised its customers of additional restrictions for passengers on the carriage of liquids when travelling to the United States.

The family of Matlhomola Jonas Moshoeu, who died following an assault over picking a sunflower, have a new home of their own.

Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane has expressed concern following the rape, killing and attempted murder of two young girls aged nine and 13 in Sebokeng.

With increasing passenger demand, South African Express will add another return flight between Johannesburg and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

It is said that when a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it. Addressing members of the public while seamlessly switching between nine of the 11 official languages, President Cyril Ramaphosa said this year’s Human Rights Day celebration aims to highlight efforts to conserve and promote indigenous languages.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on government and its social partners to strengthen their working relationship to address backlogs in the provision of school and health infrastructure.

Government has used this year’s Human Rights Day to draw attention to the importance of indigenous languages and the need to preserve, revitalise and promote them.

The expansion of one of two KwaZulu-Natal Special Economic Zones, the Dube Trade Port, is set to create hundreds of jobs in that province.

The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is in consultation with a number of stakeholders and water entities throughout the country to ensure that their systems do not fail amid rolling power cuts.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says voters will be faced with their biggest choice yet in a national election after a record number of 48 political parties met the legal requirements to contest this year’s elections.

Parliament has joined the entire nation in commemorating Human Rights Day under the theme ‘The year of indigenous languages: Promoting and deepening a human rights culture’.