South Africa

Annual consumer price inflation (CPI) reached 7.8% in July 2022, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) warns that it will apply the ‘No work, no pay” principle to public servants taking part in the strike called by the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and Congress for South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has announced that Banyana Banyana’s pledge of R5.8 million following the team’s recent 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) victory has been increased to R15 million.

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has challenged other government departments to become accountable for their role and initiatives in ending gender-based violence and femicide.

The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed a senior official found guilty on counts relating to gross negligence and gross dereliction of duty.

The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery has asked officials in eThekwini Municipality to provide it with a definite deadline by when repairs at the Tongaat Water Treatment Plant will be completed.

Parliament’s Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery has welcomed the progress of efforts made by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government and eThekwini Municipality to bring relief to those affected by devastating floods which hit the province in April.

The country’s unemployment rate decreased to 33.9% between April and June, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for Q2: 2022 has revealed.

Swift intervention by the Financial Intelligence Centre’s Fusion Centre has seen government recover R659 million to the fiscus deemed to have been proceeds of crime.

South Africa has now detected 4 009 943 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 1 564 were cases reported since the last report.