South Africa

Eskom has downgraded daytime load shedding from Stage 4 to Stage 3 for the rest of this week.

The measles outbreak in the Tshwane District has been declared over since more than 42 days, or two incubation periods, have passed without new cases being detected since the outbreak.

The first day of the wage strike by South African Revenue Service (SARS) workers had seen minimal disruption to its services, says the revenue collectors.

South Africa's National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is currently participating in a six-day parliamentary diplomatic engagement, in her capacity as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Task Force (IPU-TF) on the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, will on Thursday unveil the first 200 cohorts of the Border Management Authority (BMA) Border Guards in Musina, Limpopo.

The Department of Employment and Labour has told commercial divers that economic costs of poor occupational health and safety practices in the form of medical and rehabilitation costs, as well as loss of income, affects both the employer and the employee.

At least four people have appeared in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering related to the defrauding of Eskom during the height of state capture at the power utility.

A full investigation into the killing of two Boksburg Community Corrections officials will be conducted, says the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services.

South Africa has confirmed 493 COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths related to the virus in the past 24 hours.

A joint venture by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality’s (NMBMM) weekly water leaks fixing blitz is yielding positive results with the repair of more than 4 000 water leaks.