Response package to lessen impact of US tariffs

Government is creating an economic response package to address job losses and lessen the impact of the United States’ decision to impose a 30% unilateral tariff on its imports. 

This package will include the establishment of an export support desk and a localisation fund.

This announcement was made in a joint media statement by the...

KwaZulu-Natal disaster management teams are on high alert after the South African Weather Service warned of a high risk of veld fires in the northern parts of the province on Monday and Tuesday.

Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane says she has forgiven whoever prevented her anti-apartheid activist sister Nokuthula’s alleged police killers from facing justice – but remains desperate to know what happened to her and where she is buried.

National Water and Sanitation Norms and Standards workshops to be held 

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen national regulatory framework for water and sanitation, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is set to host a series of workshops on the Revised Compulsory National Water and Sanitation Services Norms and Standards.The updated standards aim to set clear,...

Gauteng forensic investigation reports released

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has released the findings of several forensic investigation reports, which probed a range of provincial departments.This follows the release of some 47 forensic investigation reports in June – a move the Premier said, “reaffirms the Gauteng Provincial Government’s dedication to transparency,...

Premier Lesufi reshuffles Gauteng HODs

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has announced a reshuffle of Heads of Departments (HODs) across provincial government departments.

The announcement was made during a media briefing led by the Premier on Sunday.

The move follows Lesufi’s warning in June that disciplinary action would be taken against HODs who failed lifestyle audits. 

“On the...

BoxingSA launches an ambitious Women in Boxing initiative, an ambitious nine-fights-across-nine-provinces programme to address the drought of opportunities facing women fighters in South Africa.

CoGTA accountability visits move to the Eastern Cape 

Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Namane Dickson Masemola, is set to hold a series of accountability and support meetings with the Mayors and councillors of Buffalo City Metro and the Makana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape.These visits are part of a national initiative called...

SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila has accused its alliance partner, the ANC, of being arrogant during talks on “a flexible concept” to exercise power after the 2026 local government elections.

Operation Phakisa nabs two in the Northern Cape 

Two undocumented individuals were arrested in police operations in the Northern Cape, which also saw the confiscation of illicit goods.Operation Phakisa was held by the South African Police Service (SAPS) — in collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs, South African Revenue Service (Customs), and the Department of Forestry,...

SA must adapt to “turbulent trade environment” 

With the United States’ decision to impose a 30% tariff on South African imports, the country must adapt quickly to a “turbulent trade environment”. “The decision by the United States to impose a 30% tariff on South African imports highlights the urgency with which we have to adapt to increasingly turbulent headwinds in...

A pungent odour from blocked drains, sewage spilling into the street, and massive potholes in Umyezo Drive in Luzuko Park, Philippi East, are causing misery for residents and an educare centre.

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly choking a 3-month-old baby to death.

Clean audit for the Department of Transport 

For the first time in 31 years, the Department of Transport has achieved a clean audit for the financial year 2024/25, as assessed by the by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) outcome.This has been welcomed by the Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, and Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa, who said the achievement is a step in the...

Call to celebrate women’s achievements this Women’s Month

Department of Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister, Samantha Graham-Maré, has called on South Africans to honour women’s accomplishments as the country commemorates Women’s Month.The Deputy Minister delivered remarks at the recently held Empowering Women in Energy breakfast held on the sidelines of the third G20 Energy...

A shocking 4 030 pupils from the Northern Cape dropped out of school between January and March this year.

The City of Cape Town is facing mounting criticism over its decision to award a R2 billion facilities management tender to a Johannesburg-based company.

Mpho Mafole was auditing two massive contracts – toilets and waste, and vending contracts – worth about R4 billion when he was killed outside Kempton Park on 30 June this year.

Bergview College and its former principal, Jaco Pieterse, who was falsely accused of raping a child, have parted ways.

The Border Management Authority (BMA) has introduced new stamps to curb the widespread misuse of old stamps, which were fraudulently reproduced to stamp passports illegally.

Premier Panyaza Lesufi has reshuffled heads of departments in the Gauteng government due to “under expenditure and underperformance, lifestyle audits, and failures to meet performance targets in some instances”.