South Africa

Cabinet has reaffirmed its conviction and commitment to creating a safer and secure environment for communities.

The Deputy Finance Minister will no longer chair the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Minister Tito Mboweni has announced.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu says Cabinet ministers have been directed to study the final report from the Presidential Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture and revert back within two months.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says implementing the interventions announced during the department’s budget vote to turn PRASA around are among several tasks that await newly appointed Director General Alec Moemi.

Deputy President David Mabuza, in his capacity as Leader of Government Business, is today expected to field questions for oral reply in the National Assembly in Cape Town.

The Department of Employment and Labour says it is on the verge of employing 500 occupational health and safety (OHS) inspectors in a move that will bring major change to the workplace.

Parliament’s Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour has welcomed the Department of Trade and Industry’s efforts to expand the economy.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has launched a full-scale investigation into the failure by the department to pay its service providers within 30 days.

South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Lesetja Kganyago has urged South Africa to discuss vital reforms to rescue the country’s economic growth levels.

Industrialisation and transformation are at the centre of the Department of Trade and Industry’s efforts to grow the South African economy.