South Africa

As part of ongoing efforts to create an enabling environment for sustainable and inclusive growth, government will continue to focus on stabilising debt and debt-service costs, investing in infrastructure, as well as continuing to support the most vulnerable households.

“Our strategy for addressing the enormous challenges of accelerating growth, creating jobs and reducing poverty relies on a clear and stable macroeconomic framework, implementing structural reforms, and investing in infrastructure,” National Treasury Director-General (DG), Dr Duncan Pieterse, said on Wednesday.

The Department of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), is kicking off World Breastfeeding Awareness Week on Thursday. 

The department, WHO and Unicef will commemorate this day under the global theme: ‘Closing the gap: Breastfeeding support for all'.

The theme aims to highlight the need to strengthen breastfeeding support to reduce inequalities and forms of discrimination that exist in society, with a special focus on breastfeeding in times of emergencies and crises.

Police have rescued a businessman and arrested eight kidnappers, including three Tanzanian nationals, in Johannesburg.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Amendment Bill has been signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has welcomed the signing into law of the Companies Amendment Act by President Cyril Ramaphosa last Friday.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has hit back at allegations by convict and alleged prison escape artist Thabo Bester regarding his incarceration at the Kgoši Mampuru II Correctional Facility in Pretoria.

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield says it is essential that South Africa’s economic growth is grounded in manufacturing-led growth and export-oriented economy.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has vowed to expedite the development of the EduPark community project in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria.

The Department of Social Development (DSD) has reaffirmed its commitment to combating human trafficking, focusing on the protection of children as the world commemorates World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

The provincial head of the police in the Eastern Cape, Major General Mboiki Obed Ngwenya, has welcomed efforts by the Interim Cash-In-Transit (CIT) task team of the Hawks and the provincial Tactical Response Team (TRT) in locating cash-in-transit (CIT) suspects on Monday.