Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has formally appointed the Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) Industry Coordination Council to support the implementation of South Africa’s national strategy to contain and control the disease.
Two more learners have succumbed to injuries in hospital in the early hours of Thursday following the tragic scholar transport accident in Vanderbijlpark on Monday.
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has provided an update on the current developments at Kruger National Park following the floods that have caused extensive damage to the infrastructure.
Government has established the South African National Parks (SANParks) Kruger Recovery Fund to expedite recovery and restoration efforts at the park following the damage that was caused by recent floods.
In an effort to address the challenge of drivers transporting schoolchildren being involved in fatal traffic accidents, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has advocated for strengthening legislation to guarantee that scholar transport drivers are certified in advanced and defensive driving.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has dispatched a team of dam safety engineers to assess and closely monitor Senteeko Dam near Barberton in Mpumalanga, within the City of Mbombela Local Municipality, following reports that the dam is at risk of failure.
As severe weather conditions have eased down across parts of the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces including areas in the Kruger National Park (KNP), the Crocodile Bridge Gate will re-open for day visitors from Thursday.
The Keurbooms–Soetkraal fire, which affected parts of the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park, has been successfully contained.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Advocate Dinkie Portia Dube as the Deputy Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa for a term of seven years, effective from 1 February 2026.
KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has committed to working with the eMadlangeni Local Municipality (ELM) to review its proposal for reclassification from an urban municipality to a rural one, a move aimed at strengthening its case for increased equitable share funding from National Treasury.
