With the launch of the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund (SSSF), government is ready to assist entrepreneurs who want to establish startups, expand their businesses, and gain essential business skills to improve the performance of their enterprises.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as a “South African success story” as the institution marks 80 years since its establishment.
Four suspects, who were wanted for cases of murder in the vicinity of Inanda, were shot and fatally wounded in a shootout with police on the M4 Highway in Umlazi on Tuesday afternoon.
Seven suspects are expected to appear in court soon after they were nabbed following police operations in Limpopo.
Government has officially opened applications for the highly anticipated R500 million support fund aimed at increasing the participation of South African owned Spaza Shops in the townships and rural areas retail trade sector.
The Department of Home Affairs has today dismissed six officials with immediate effect for a range of offences, including fraud and corruption.
Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has called on G20 member states to urgently address growing inequality and the erosion of labour income share, warning that these trends threaten global economic stability and social cohesion.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a bold, coordinated, and community-driven approach to crime-fighting, describing policing in South Africa as being at a crossroads that demands urgent reform and collaboration from across all sectors of society.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has reiterated government’s intensifying efforts to tackle gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), and organised crime and corruption.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has handed over five properties in Gauteng to be used to shelter victims of gender-based violence (GBV).
