South Africa

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, says there is an urgent need to renew the current basic education accord on turning schools into centres of excellence.

The National Assembly (NA) has passed the National Forests Amendment and the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bills.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) will seek to recover any financial losses suffered by the State and the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) after an investigation into the affairs of the commission uncovered millions of rands in alleged money laundering and corruption.

The third part of the State Capture Commission report comprising of four volumes exclusively focusing on BOSASA has been handed over to the Presidency and released to the public on Tuesday.

A total of 1 649 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in South Africa in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 675 691.

The South African Post Office (Sapo) has suspended the mail service to Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus.

The Department of Social Development is hosting roundtable discussions countrywide to strengthen the existing child protection system to prevent teenage pregnancy.

South Africa has welcomed the commencement of talks between the Ukraine and Russia amid escalating armed conflict tensions between the two neighbouring eastern European countries.

The South African Post Office (Sapo) has announced the days on which beneficiaries of the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) may collect their funds.

A series of multidisciplinary operations targeting individual crimes on specific days of the week saw police in KwaZulu-Natal nab over 8 000 suspects, as the province confronts lawlessness head-on.

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has welcomed the sixth assessment by Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as it offers solutions for the world.

Human Rights Month commemorations will contribute to social cohesion and nation building through a series of dialogues and events planned for the duration of March.

The Special Tribunal has granted an order freezing the pension benefits of former Department of Public Works and Infrastructure chief works inspector, Clive Charlton.

The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) has welcomed the Gauteng Division of the High Court’s favourable ruling in a legal matter brought to the court by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) against the national audit office.

Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister Gwede Mantashe, says the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia poses a danger to ailing African economies.