Schools reopening: Basic education dept still consulting stakeholders, as SA waits . The Department of Basic Education is in continued engagement with various stakeholders on the state of readiness for schools to resume from 1 June.

Minister Angie Motshekga was expected to give an up...

Correctional Services outlines plans for release of 19 000 inmates . Murderers, rapists, child abusers and terrorists are among those who will not be considered when the Department of Correctional Services releases around 19 000 prisoners from its 240 centres across the...

Dr Sandile Buthelezi appointed as Health DG . The Department of Health on Friday announced the appointment of South African National Aids Council (Sanac) CEO Dr Sandile Buthelezi as the department’s incoming director-general.

The department note...

Three metros reveal Covid-19 response plans . Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs chairperson Faith Muthambi on Friday applauded the Cape Town, Johannesburg and eThekwini metropolitan municipalities f...

Too little, too late says small business chamber on Ramaphosa's speech . The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) said on Thursday that president Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that the country could move from a level 4 to level 3 Covid-19 lockdown by the end of May had c...

Motshekga will address nation on Monday on reopening of schools . Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will give a media briefing on Monday, May 18 to unpack discussions around the reopening of schools.

The Minister was meant to address the country on Thursday ...

Govt lacks courage to end lockdown – DA . Opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen has blamed the prolonging of the national lockdown by the South African government on what he says is a lack of courage.

He w...

Peak infections in Africa still to come, need for debt standstill for another 2 years – Ramaphosa . African Union (AU) chairperson and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday warned that while the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) infections in Africa at this time is lower than elsewhere ...

DA wants Mboweni to probe how SA Express used R1.2bn in bailouts . South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party on Wednesday said it wanted Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to probe how State-owned airline SA Express used R1.2-billion it was given in gov...

Ramaphosa to address SA on Wednesday evening . President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a televised address on Wednesday evening to update South Africans on the government's plans regarding the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown.

"President Cyril Ramaphosa ...