South Africa

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has unveiled the newly built SJ Skenjana Secondary School in Idutywa, Eastern Cape.

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has appointed Dr Magome Masike as the new Registrar of the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Government has warned the public against fake compensation fund agents inviting former mine workers to be assisted with compensation fund applications.

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), has mobilised all its resources including key stakeholders to ensure that measures are in place to prevent and combat any forms of lawlessness in the wake of protest action by truck drivers.

There is nothing untoward about United Arab Emirates (UAE) President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan and his entourage’s visit to South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says this year’s National Orders represents the determination of humankind to rise above adversity, to persevere and to strive in pursuit of a better life and a better world.

Cabinet has welcomed a report setting out the complex but successful evacuations of South Africans from Sudan where conflict is impacting on citizens and nationals from other countries.

Cabinet has called on South Africans to use electricity sparingly as part of the Demand Side Management (DSM) initiatives.

With less than 100 days to the start of the first Netball World Cup to be held on African soil from 28 July to 6 August, Cabinet has called on the nation to roll out the red carpet as the host nation.

Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says Workers’ Day will be commemorated on Monday in recognition of the pivotal role workers play in building the economy and society envisaged in the National Development Plan.

Cabinet has reaffirmed South Africa’s participation in the International Criminal Court (ICC) and confirmed that South Africa remains a signatory to the Rome Statute.

Government departments will present their Budget Votes in Parliament next month, says Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

South Africa has signed an international development cooperation agreement with the German Cooperative Raiffeisen Confederation to benefit local cooperatives.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed the death of one of South Africa’s cheetahs that were relocated to India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says freedom cannot be meaningful when the broader society faces a slew of social ills, including unemployment and inequality.