South Africa

Cabinet has called on South Africans to use electricity sparingly as part of the Demand Side Management (DSM) initiatives.

With less than 100 days to the start of the first Netball World Cup to be held on African soil from 28 July to 6 August, Cabinet has called on the nation to roll out the red carpet as the host nation.

Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says Workers’ Day will be commemorated on Monday in recognition of the pivotal role workers play in building the economy and society envisaged in the National Development Plan.

Cabinet has reaffirmed South Africa’s participation in the International Criminal Court (ICC) and confirmed that South Africa remains a signatory to the Rome Statute.

Government departments will present their Budget Votes in Parliament next month, says Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

South Africa has signed an international development cooperation agreement with the German Cooperative Raiffeisen Confederation to benefit local cooperatives.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed the death of one of South Africa’s cheetahs that were relocated to India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says freedom cannot be meaningful when the broader society faces a slew of social ills, including unemployment and inequality.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says while many gains have been made since 1994, much more still needs to be done to realise the promises made at the dawn of democracy.

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has published South Africa’s 8th National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (NIR).