South Africa

The public has until 29 August 2022 to comment on a raft of draft Bills published by the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) on Friday.

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, says the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disastrous impact on public health systems and economic progress across the globe, threatening the gains made in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.

A joint awareness campaign against vandalism of water and sanitation infrastructure, is set to continue in the Western Cape, said the Department of Water and Sanitation.

Government will on Monday officially launch the 2022 Women’s Month at Olive Conference Centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Ahead of World Ranger Day, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy paid tribute to Timbavati’s Head Ranger, Anton Mzimba, who was gunned down outside his home this week.

The Events Technical Production Transformation Forum (ETPTF) through the support of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will conduct phase 2 consultations for the development of a B-BBEE Sector Code for the events, technical and production service industry (ETPSI), an intervention to drive transformation.

Eskom has appointed two contractors to provide battery storage solutions for the power utility’s flagship Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) which is expected to inject at least 1 440MWh of power to the grid.

South Africa has detected 318 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of known infections to 4 004 201 since the outbreak.

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says the country’s population is now estimated to be 60.6 million by the end of June 2022.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Patricia de Lille, has appealed to landlords to help drive down electricity demand in their private offices that the department rents from them.

Eskom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have signed a letter of intent which will pave the way forward for a pre-feasibility study for what it calls a “climate-smart, labour intensive agriculture/horticulture development” at the site of the Grootvlei Power Station in Mpumalanga.

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has sent his condolences following the death of employees at Ikhala Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in the Eastern Cape.

The National Treasury has invited the public to make comments on the country’s Fiscal Policy in its pre-budget consultation process.

The Department of Water and Sanitation says it has noted the concerns raised by the Richmond community over unconventional gas drilling and the possibility of the fracking activities contaminating water resources, particularly groundwater resources in the area.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has condemned the ongoing scholar transport disruptions in Sedibeng, following an incident where a Grade 11 boy learner from Meyerton High School died after being accidentally run over by a scholar bus.