# The Department of Health has announced that people travelling to South Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda will have to complete a health questionnaire before travelling, due to the Ebola virus outbreak. The outbreak, which is the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic on record, has claimed the lives of 930 people in […]
# Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, says South Africa will not get entangled in the US-Iran conflict, upholding its strict non-aligned foreign policy. Government has continuously maintained that the country engages globally based on sovereign equality, mutual respect and non-interference. At least three-thousand-468 people have been killed in US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Motshekga […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, vra ʼn gekoördineerde benadering om Suid-Afrika se verdedigingsbedryf te laat herleef. Hy sê die bedryf is op die voorpunt van presisie-vervaardiging, stelsel-ingenieurswese en tegnologiese soewereiniteit. Hy het gister die hoofrede gelewer by die Verdedigingsbedryf-lekgotla by die Wetenskaplike en Nywerheidsnavorsingsraad in Pretoria. Tau erken dat die […]
# The Electoral Commission says the Electoral Code of Conduct on Countering Disinformation is aimed at creating a more reliable information environment by strengthening resistance against disinformation, manipulation and coordinated inauthentic online behaviour. Today is the deadline for public comments on the new code, which could result in political parties and candidates who deliberately spread […]
# Die DA het die Pensioenbeskermingswetsontwerp voorgestel om politieke aanstellings by die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie te beëindig. Mark Burke van die party sê die voorgestelde wet sal politieke aanstellings vervang met ‘n onafhanklike, meriete-gebaseerde keuringsproses en huidige of gewese politici verbied om op die OBK-raad te dien. Burke sê die hervormings is daarop gemik om bestuur […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy sien daarna uit om nou saam te werk met die nuwe Britse premier, Andy Burnham, om bilaterale betrekkinge te handhaaf en die vennootskap tussen die twee nasies uit te brei. Burnham is Brittanje se sewende premier in ‘n dekade en neem die leisels oor by Keir Starmer, wat verlede […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has called for a coordinated approach to revitalise South Africa’s defence industry, saying the industry sits at the frontier of manufacturing precision, systems engineering and technology sovereignty. He delivered the keynote address at the Defence Industry Lekgotla at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he looks forward to working closely with the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham, to maintain bilateral relations and expand the partnership between the two nations. Burnham is Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, taking over from Keir Starmer, who resigned last month, bringing an end to his spell […]
# The Public Servants Association says calls to dissolve the Public Investment Corporation board are premature and could undermine good governance. The union’s Claude Naicker says recent suspensions show the board is taking governance concerns seriously and should be allowed to complete its investigations independently. He urges politicians and other stakeholders not to interfere with […]
