# The Department of Employment and Labour says it will continue with compliance inspections to clamp down on contraventions of the Immigration Act and Employment Service Act. Spokesperson, Teboho Thejane says the department is amending the Employment Services Act to legally enforce the National Labour Migration Policy. He says the updated legislation expands sections 8 and 9 […]
# Government says it remains committed to sound public finances and implementing structural reforms that will support higher and more inclusive economic growth and underpin investor confidence. National Treasury Director-General, Duncan Pieterse, says improved sovereign credit ratings help to lower borrowing costs for government, businesses and households and have tangible benefits for ordinary people. He says South Africa still has […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the agriculture sector should play a leading role in shaping public private partnerships aimed at restoring efficiency and supporting export growth. He says government, financial institutions and agribusinesses needed to work more closely to expand support for emerging farmers and integrate them into commercial value chains. The minister says this includes […]
# Cosatu has welcomed Fitch’s decision to upgrade South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to ‘BB’ from ‘BB-’ and maintain the stable outlook. This is the second upgrade by a ratings agency for South Africa in the past month. Cosatu spokesperson, Matthew Parks says it’s a sign of growing international confidence that South Africa’s efforts […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the appointment of the South African Post Office Board. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says for far too long the Post Office has been allowed to deteriorate to a state of near collapse. He says the absence of dedicated and fit for purpose leadership has been at the centre of this painful decline in addition […]
# The DA has written to the National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza to request a debate of national importance on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to release the Water Crisis Plan for public scrutiny. The party’s Stephen Moore says the President missed the deadline to publicly release the National Water Crisis Action Plan. He says the […]
# Eskom is sustaining improvements in power system performance as winter demand intensifies, with generation availability improving year-on-year and over 700-thousand households now removed from load reduction. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says these gains are driven by stronger plant performance, improved reliability, and targeted network interventions to address localised constraints, enabling more communities to benefit […]
# Police and the South African National Defence Force continue to intensify efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling organised criminal networks involved in illicit mining, gang-related violence and other serious and violent crimes. Police spokesperson, Mpho Mathebula says during last month, coordinated multidisciplinary operations conducted across the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West and […]
# The Eastern Cape Transport and Community Safety MEC, Xolile Nqatha has welcomed the breakthrough in the investigation of the recent fatal shooting of five young men in Motherwell, Gqeberha. A 28-year-old foreign national male was arrested earlier in connection with the murder of five teenagers. The department’s spokesperson, Makhaya Komisa says government is issuing a stern warning to […]
