South Africa

The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has condemned the murders of four women in Ekurhuleni.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner, Dr Johnstone Makhubu, has outlined the revenue service’s vision for the next era of tax administration, placing trust, institutional capability, modernisation, and stakeholder partnership at the centre of its strategy.

South Africa is using its participation in the Pujiang Innovation Forum to pursue partnerships aimed at strengthening domestic capabilities in biotechnology, satellite development and green hydrogen.

Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth and Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane have welcomed the disbursement of over R42 million in compensation and benefits to former mineworkers and surviving beneficiaries in the province.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli has called for government, business, organised labour and academia to break down institutional silos and work together with urgency to tackle the province’s unemployment crisis.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) will investigate procurement and contracting processes of the North West Transport Investments (NTI).

Burman Road has reopened to traffic following the completion of rehabilitation works by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, restoring an important transport link serving residents, workers and businesses in one of the metro’s key industrial areas.

Law enforcement authorities from South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho have strengthened regional cooperation in the fight against the proliferation of illegal firearms, resulting in the safe transportation and destruction of 1 787 firearms seized during crime-combating operations in Lesotho.

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has welcomed the appointment of Advocate Adrian Carl Mopp as the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for the Western Cape Division.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is urging women in and around Kempton Park, particularly the Rhodesfield area in Gauteng, to exercise extreme caution following the discovery of the bodies of four women in the same area over a period of approximately two months.