South Africa

Correctional Services has welcomed 905 youths enlisted in for the department’s 2019 Learnership Programme.

The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence has welcomed the assistance the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has rendered in countries severely affected by tropical Cyclone Idai.

Human Settlements Deputy Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks and Eastern Cape Human Settlements MEC Babalo Madikizela will next Tuesday officially hand over houses in Walmer, Port Elizabeth.

The department said the Walmer Enhanced People’s Housing Process (PHP) is the flagship project in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro utilising the cooperatives methodology in the delivery of houses.

“The project encapsulates the principles of community participation and the institutionalisation of the participatory approach in delivering integrated sustainable human settlements.

Department of Agriculture and Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) communication director Steve Galane has resigned as department spokesperson following 20 years of service in the public service.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize will next week hand over the R10 million Mpame bridge to communities in Mbhashe Municipality.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has welcomed the five-year sentences the Durban Commercial Crimes Court handed down to five learner licence applicants, who bribed licence examiners to obtain learner licences fraudulently.

South Africans have been urged to become more energy efficient by changing their usage behaviour and using complementary energy sources.

Government will over the next three months hand over three magistrate courts, with Sexual Offences Courts, in a bid to eradicate gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in society.

Cabinet has welcomed the release of the latest employment data from StatsSA, which confirm the growth in total employment during 2018.

Cabinet has welcomed work being done to raise interim funding for the SABC.