Load shedding has been downgraded to Stage 2 for the rest of Friday with the expectation that state power utility, Eskom, will recover enough generation capacity to suspend it altogether.
A joint sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces will be held on Tuesday where President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the two houses on the recent floods in the country’s East Coast.
The Department of Home Affairs is ready to assist with the replacement of identity documents lost during last week’s devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal, says the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster.
The South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) will incrementally deploy 10 000 troops to flood-hit areas in KwaZulu-Natal, as government’s rescue mission gains momentum.
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster says it continues to assess the extent of the damage and the required intervention in flood-ravaged areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
The Republics of South Africa and Botswana are currently engaged in talks aimed at strengthening and deepening the existing historical and bilateral relations between them.
Eskom says after making some ground in recovering generation capacity, it may lift all stages of load shedding on Friday evening.
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements will hold public hearings into the Housing Consumer Protection Bill.
Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, has received a donation of R1 million from the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to South Africa, Chen Xiaodong, on Wednesday.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), in partnership with the Department of Basic Education, is expected to launch a campaign aimed at promoting electoral democracy among learners.
South Africa has recorded 2 846 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 746 424, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Wednesday.
Human Settlements Deputy Minister, Pam Tshwete, has condemned opportunistic individuals who have included their names on the list of those affected by the fire in Joe Slovo informal settlements in Langa, Cape Town.
Eskom says load shedding will be reduced to stage three from 10pm this evening after six generation units were returned to service.
Two directors of an engineering company have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) of R648 000.
While commending interventions by various stakeholders to provide water to flood-stricken areas in KwaZulu-Natal, the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has warned against abuse of resources for the benefit of a selected few.
