South Africa

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced a second death linked to Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox.

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, has designated Hardin Ratshisusu as Acting Deputy Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of the National Consumer Commission.

The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department has estimated the cost of damage to various parts of the province, after last week’s heavy storms, at over R1.3 billion.

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced that one of the five Mpox patients in South Africa passed away on Monday at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng.

The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform will this week award top performing women in the agricultural sector, as part of the department’s programme to recognise the contribution of women in agriculture.

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has appealed to the public to extend a helping hand to flood victims by donating essential items such as building materials, as restoration work is underway in the northern parts of eThekwini Metropolitan.

South Africa recently concluded its seventh democratic general elections, ushering in a new chapter in our democracy, as there was no outright majority winner. While this may in some regards feel like unchartered waters for many South Africans and will require political parties to work together in a new way through a government of national unity, this is not entirely new territory for our nation. Above all, this period will be guided by our world acclaimed Constitution, which lays the foundation for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people.

Bhekithemba Fanozi Nxumalo has been sentenced to 12 terms of life imprisonment and an additional 75 years in jail in the Mtubatuba High Court for a string of rapes.

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thembi Nkadimeng, will visit KwaZulu-Natal today to assess the impact of the heavy storms that ravaged parts of the province, leaving behind a trail of destruction.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has in terms of Section 79(1) of the Constitution assented to and signed into law the National Land Transport Amendment Bill, the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill and the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill.