Cabinet welcomes Eskom’s financial and operation recovery

Cabinet has welcomed the continuing improvement in Eskom’s financial and operational performance for the first six months ending September 2025.

This, while highlighting Eskom’s sustained financial and operation recovery, as the power utility recorded a R24.3-billion profit after tax for the six months, ending September...

Cabinet thanks all South Africans for successful G20 Presidency

Cabinet has joined President Cyril Ramaphosa in extending its appreciation to all South Africans for their role in ensuring the successful G20 Presidency which culminated in the recently hosted G20 Leaders’ Summit.

President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed South Africa’s historic G20 Presidency as a resounding success both as...

Cabinet approves programme of action to address GBVF

Cabinet has approved a comprehensive Programme of Action to address GBVF, including a service delivery framework and institutional arrangements to drive a whole of society approach in addressing this scourge. At a post Cabinet media briefing in Pretoria, on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the...

Cabinet welcomes decrease in serious crime

Cabinet has welcomed the decrease in serious and violent crimes as reported in the Crime Statistics for Quarter 1 and 2 of the 2025 financial year.“The crime statistics, covering the period from April to September 2025, show significant reductions in serious and violent crime, with murder rates dropping substantially. Murders decreased...

Far from its diamond mining history making it a dazzling gem of the Northern Cape, Kimberley has sunk into a deep hole of debt and failing service delivery due to municipal mismanagement.

National Tourism Safety Forum meets in Johannesburg

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has convened the National Tourism Safety Forum in Johannesburg to strengthen and coordinate tourism safety across South Africa.

This was the first sitting of the forum under the 7th administration, bringing together MECs, provincial tourism authorities, South African Tourism, the private sector –...

Call for nationwide responsibility in fight against GBVF

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has called on all South Africans to assume collective responsibility in the ongoing national effort to end Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), describing the crisis as one that demands urgent, coordinated action across society.

Minister Sindisiwe...

Merafong, Eskom enter distribution agreement

Eskom and the Merafong City Local Municipality have concluded the official signing of a Distribution Agency Agreement (DAA).

The municipality has become the third local authority in the country to enter into a DAA with the power utility following Maluti-a-Phofung in the Free State and Emfuleni, in Gauteng. 

“The agreement forms a key...

Partnership seeks to improve DCT Pier 2 operational efficiency

Transnet SOC Ltd and the world’s largest independent terminal operator, International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) have officially signed a 25-year partnership agreement to manage the upgrade and development of the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2.

In a statement on Wednesday, Transnet said the landmark...

Reports highlights importance of secure ecological infrastructure

The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Bernice Swarts, has called for swift and decisive action to protect and restore ecological infrastructure as a critical step toward strengthening South Africa’s water security.

“Our vital aquatic ecosystems including those in our strategic water...

Significant progress being made in delivering water and sanitation projects

The North West Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has announced significant progress in delivering water and sanitation projects across the province through the effective implementation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG).

According to the provincial government,...

Candidates scrutinised as interviews for new NPA head commence

Interviews for South Africa’s new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will get underway in Tshwane today.The position will become vacant next month when current NDPP Advocate Shamila Batohi retires.Wednesday’s public interviews will be conducted by a panel led...