The EThekwini Municipality will from Thursday, 27 October, embark on the much-anticipated stage of recommissioning the oThongathi Water Treatment Plant that will see residents of oThongathi and surrounding areas receiving water from their taps.
The pension benefits of former Limpopo Health Department head of department, Dr Thokozani Mhlongo, have been frozen pending the finalisation of civil proceedings in a matter related to the unlawful procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by the department.
Nkangala District Municipal Manager, Maggie Skosana, and her driver Gugu Mtsweni, who went missing last week after they were accosted as they entered the council’s premises, were on Thursday found alive in Diepsloot, Gauteng.
Transnet says operations at its Cape Town terminals are back at full tilt with backlogs caused by the recent industrial action cleared.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwa’s emphasis on ensuring that government finances are spent in an equitable, efficient and flexible manner to support South Africa’s development objectives.
Eskom says it will be implementing various stages of load shedding throughout the weekend following the near depletion of its emergency generation reserves.
The Presidency has moved to assure South Africans that law enforcement agencies are monitoring any threats to the public.
Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the announcement made by the Minister of Finance in respect of the funding and the future of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project and the e-tolls.
Government is expected to step up spending on the “social wage” over the next three years to bring much needed financial boosts to sectors such as health, education, housing and transport.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government is set to allocate at least R6 billion more to the rebuilding and humanitarian relief efforts in disaster-hit areas across the country.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says over the next year, National Treasury will work closely with provincial and local governments in order to address “dysfunctional” service delivery.
Gross government debt is expected to stabilise at 71.4% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022/23 — two years earlier and at a lower level than projected in the 2022 Budget.
South Africa’s economic growth is expected to slow to 1.9% in 2022, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government debt is projected to be more than R4.7 trillion in the current financial year, compared to R627 billion in 2008/09.
The COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant – also known as the R350 grant – is expected to be extended to the end of March 2024.
