A biodiversity officer from the Northern Cape has given the botany world a new-year suprise after recently rediscovering a long-lost plant, which was believed to be extinct for close to 200 years.
Durban positions itself as a transport and logistics hub
eThekwini Municipality Mayor Cyril Xaba has reaffirmed the city’s commitment to working closely with the national Department of Transport and its entities to upgrade transport infrastructure and strengthen it’s position as a vibrant transport and logistics hub.
The commitment follows a two-day oversight visit by...
The public has been advised to use their smartphones to verify field workers conducting surveys for Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).
Throughout the year, Stats SA conducts surveys that include: the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS); General Household Survey (GHS); Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS); Domestic...
Portfolio committee calls for long-term disaster preparedness
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee and Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has reiterated the call for long-term disaster preparedness and climate adaptation measures.The call was made during Parliament’s Joint Oversight Delegation on Cooperative Governance to flood-affected...
SA’s accession to Afreximbank a turning point for continental economic integration
President Cyril Ramaphosa has described South Africa’s accession to the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) as a major milestone in advancing Africa’s economic integration, industrial development and intra-continental trade.
He was delivering a keynote address at the Afreximbank Accession Signing...
SA Medical Research Council conducts groundbreaking HIV vaccine trial in humans
The first participant in the BRILLIANT 011 first-in-human clinical trial for the HIV vaccine has been enrolled at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) site at the Groote Schuur Hospital.
The groundbreaking trial is being conducted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), together with the...