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Four shortlisted for Chief Justice

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has handed four names to the Judicial Service Commission and political party leaders in Parliament for consideration for the position of Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court.

Fire Eskom 'mischief makers' – Gordhan

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says Eskom management must take strong disciplinary action against employees at the power utility who “undermine” its work.

Northern Cape police pounce on R1m drug lab

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The police’s war on drugs produced positive results this week when detectives from the Northern Cape Organized Crime Unit confiscated drugs worth approximately R1 million when they pounced on an alleged drug laboratory in Kimberley.

Toilet hygiene for better health

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The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on residents to value their sanitation facilities to prevent the spread of illnesses in communities.

Creecy: Phase down of coal should happen in a just manner

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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy says the Glasgow climate conference outcome on helping developing countries like South Africa accelerate the phase down of unfiltered coal to low-carbon energy should be done in a manner that takes into consideration national interests and availability of resources.

Eskom 'crisis' requires integrated solution

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa will have to, amongst other things; add “a few more thousand megawatts” of electricity into the system before load shedding can be dealt with.

TERS radio campaign contract found to be “unlawful”

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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s appointment of five service providers to flight radio awareness campaigns related to the Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) was an unlawful failure of duty on the part of the fund’s supply chain management.

SIU brief SCOPA on TERS investigations

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The SIU says it expects to complete the first phase of its investigation into the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) fund by the end of this month.

Concern at kidnapping of Grade 5 learner in Mayfair

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Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed shock and deep concern about an alleged kidnapping of a Grade 5 girl learner which took place this morning outside E. P. Baumann Primary School in Mayfair, Johannesburg.