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New licence online booking system gets thumbs up

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Reports from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) show a positive response to the new online booking system to obtain driver’s licences at the Centurion licensing station.

Cogta moves to curb high municipal staff turnover

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern at the high staff turnover in municipalities, saying the phenomenon is contributing to management instability.

More than 100 injured in train collision

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

More than 100 people were injured on Tuesday in a collision between two passenger trains in Booysens, south of Johannesburg.

Labour visits Rheinmetall Denel

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The Department of Labour’s Deputy Minister, Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa, is today leading a delegation to visit the Somerset West Denel plant, where eight people died following an explosion on Monday.

R10m to recruit mental healthcare practitioners in EC

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

In a bid to address mental healthcare in the Eastern Cape Health Department, the ministry has announced that a budget of R10 million has been set aside to recruit health practitioners.

Nominations for legal council open tonight

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has officially signalled the beginning of the nomination process for legal practitioners to serve on the inaugural South African Legal Practice Council. 

Addressing the media in Tshwane this morning, Masutha said the council has to be established by 1 November 2018. Nominations open at midnight. 

The process began in 2015 with the establishment of the National Forum of the Legal Profession.  

SA participates in ICJ hearings on Chagos Islands

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

South Africa is participating in the oral hearings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Britain's claim to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

SA open to business with Peru

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

South Africa is casting its trade net even wider at the Outward Selling Mission (OSM) in Peru.

Attempt to hack Labour's server unsuccessful

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The Department of Labour, through its Information Technology (IT) unit, confirms that there was an attempted Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack on one of the external facing servers.