Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has urged Southern African parliaments to take bold, people-centred action to confront what she described as an escalating climate crisis threatening development, human security, and the right to adequate housing across the region.
It is said that a journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step and that single step can open doors to much-needed employment or the start of an entrepreneurial voyage.
The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority, Dr Michael Masiapato, has confirmed that on 26 November, BMA Port Agriculture officials intercepted aircrafts from Kenya and Tanzania carrying veterinary medicines (“Berenil”) in two polystyrene boxes.
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has commended provincial Human Settlements MECs for ensuring that provinces and metros are on track to use their 2025/2026 allocations to accelerate the delivery of adequate housing and improve household living conditions.
South Africa’s longstanding engineering capability and growing localisation drive took centre stage at the Rail Live 2025 Expo, last week.
The Government of South Africa, through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), will host the Africa, Europe, and Middle East (AEME) Earthquake Response Exercise (ERE) 2025 this week.
The event will take place at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha from 1 to 5 December 2025.
According to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), this exercise is part of the global programme of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG).
The National Treasury has published the operating and capital budgets of municipalities as adopted by their respective councils to enable communities to hold their municipal councils to account.
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Nomalungelo Gina, has urged South Africa to strengthen intellectual property (IP) awareness and protection for grassroots innovators, warning that many township and rural entrepreneurs continue to lose ownership of their ideas due to limited IP knowledge.
South Africa has recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R15.6 billion in October 2025, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said.
The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), in collaboration with the Afromontane Research Unit (ARU) at the University of the Free State, has installed the highest weather station in Southern Africa, located in the Mont-aux-Sources area of the Maluti-Drakensberg.
