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Women Ministry commends student suspension after stabbing incident

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities says it is encouraged by the University of Western Cape’s (UWC) bold step to suspend a student from its campus after he allegedly stabbed his wife at a private student residence.

Load shedding requires urgent intervention, Ramokgopa tells Parliament

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has told the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises that load shedding is an existential problem, both in economic and social terms, which requires urgent intervention. 

Government welcomes increase in employment

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Government has welcomed the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), which indicate that the number of employed persons increased by 399 000 to 16. 7 million in the third quarter of 2023, compared to 16. 3 million in the second quarter of 2023.

Eskom lays out on transmission expansion

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Eskom Managing Director of Transmission, Segomoco Scheppers, says the power utility is working hard to expand transmission lines and unlock future generation capacity for the power grid “as fast as possible”.

He was addressing the Transmission Development Plan (TDP) Implementation Forum held at the Eskom Academy of Learning on Wednesday.

Previously, the power utility said it needed to augment the transmission network by approximately 14 200km by 2032 to ensure energy security in the country.

Agriculture key to SA's economic recovery

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza, says the agricultural sector has demonstrated its resilience and capability to support South Africa's overall economic recovery.