South Africa

New members have been appointed to the National Orders Advisory Council by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Presidency’s Director General Phindile Baleni, in her capacity as Chancellor of the National Orders, has announced the names of South Africans and foreign nationals who are expected to be bestowed with National Orders.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has moved to assure South Africans that serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is still behind bars at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional facility in Pretoria.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged government’s Directors General (DGs) and Deputy Directors Generals to take tangible actions to deliver on their mandates more effectively.

State power utility, Eskom, says it is working hard to address the causes of persistent breakdowns at power stations and ensure that the higher stages of load shedding are reduced.

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has revealed that convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester was never registered on any Home Affairs database which captures all legal citizens in the country.

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, has called for a legislated way of imposing punitive measures against mining companies who have failed to put mechanisms in place to prevent fatalities.

The Special Investigating Unit has instituted civil proceedings worth some R1.6 billion as part of the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum’s (HSACF) role in fighting corruption in the healthcare system.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has sent its condolences to the families of four mine workers who died following the collapse of a surface waste rock conveyor.

South Africa must forge its own pathway towards becoming a low carbon emissions economy, says Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) and Potatoes SA have recently signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which commits both parties to grow the potato industry to advance economic growth and increase employment opportunities.

South Africa recorded an increase in fatalities during the Easter Weekend with 225 people losing their lives on the road this year when compared to the 161 fatalities that were recorded in the same period last year.

National Assembly (NA) Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has urged the country’s 10 legislative bodies to have a common voice on South Africa’s position on current geopolitical dynamics in their respective international multilateral engagements.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to host Namibian President Hage Geingob, who will undertake a State Visit to South Africa on Thursday, 20 April 2023.

Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is expected to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court this morning following his repatriation from Tanzania on Thursday.