With 14 days left before the start of the festive season peak travel period in South Africa, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called on freight and public transport operators to ensure their drivers are fit and healthy to be on the road.
Following the heatwave conditions that prevailed for a number of days in most parts of the country, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) says November records were broken in both the maximum and minimum temperature measurements.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has unveiled the Empangeni Integrated Residential Development Programme (IRDP) Phase 2, identified as a mega catalytic project, which is set to drastically accelerate and sustain delivery of housing opportunities in the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast.
Ports and freight rail company Transnet has been issued an immediate R47 billion guarantee facility by National Treasury in support of the company’s recovery plan and to meet the state-owned entity’s immediate debt obligations.
Cabinet has approved the publication of the final Next Generation Radio Frequency Spectrum Policy.
Eskom has announced on social media platform X that Stage 2 and 3 load shedding will be implemented from 10am on Friday until Sunday.
Cabinet has welcomed the launch of a project that has connected 1 600 households and enabled at least 6 000 community members to access broadband services in KwaZulu-Natal.
Eskom is pinning its hopes on the Municipal Debt Relief programme facilitated by National Treasury to support municipalities in dealing with their historical debt challenges.
Warrant Officer Busisiwe Ncula, who is attached to the Eastern Cape’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Investigations (FCS) Unit, has successfully secured 33 life term sentences and an additional 2087 years’ imprisonment for 15 rapists.
Cabinet on Thursday said it will back the Competition Commission’s rand manipulation investigation.
Transnet says ramping up the number of locomotives available on its lines is one of the key measures it is implementing to decongest the Port of Richards Bay.
Cabinet has reaffirmed the need to prioritise the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) of dealing with the second pandemic of gender-based violence and femicide.
Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga is spearheading a campaign for South Africa’s re-election on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council for the 2023-2024 biennium during the IMO Assembly currently underway in London, United Kingdom.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala has congratulated Sifiso Mdakane on his appointment as the new Director-General for the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.
Cabinet has reaffirmed the call made by the BRICS nations for a comprehensive ceasefire and an end to the violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
