South Africa

Police have, through their high-density operations known as Operation Shanela, arrested 13 996 suspects throughout the country.

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, will give the opening address at the world’s largest astronomy meeting, the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomy Union (IAU).

On Monday, 05 August, Ministry of Water and Sanitation to brief media on departmental plans and priorities for 2024/25 at the Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg.

The Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources has announced decreases for all grades of fuel for the month of August.

The Department of Health has called for ongoing public vigilance against Mpox disease as two more laboratory-confirmed infections have been detected in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has warned that although Eskom has delivered exceptional performance to keep load shedding at bay, the country is “not out of the woods yet”.

The Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa will conduct a site visit to the Tsantsabane Local Municipality following the death of four passengers and the injury of two others in a collision between a train and a private truck.

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Gayton McKenzie, has committed to assist the financially strapped National School of the Arts (NSA) to turn around its financial fortunes.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, through his weekly newsletter, has urged citizens to work together with law enforcement to fight and combat crime in communities.

Ninety undocumented Ethiopian nationals, who were allegedly being kept against their will and under inhumane conditions, have been rescued in Sunnydale Ridge, Johannesburg by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Special Task Force (STF) unit.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the sentence imposed on a former Home Affairs official by the Durban Commercial Crime Court.

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has delivered a compelling address to mark the launch of National Women’s Month, which is being observed under the theme: “Celebrating 30 Years of Democracy towards women’s development”.

Youth empowerment will be one of the apex priorities of the seventh administration, says North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi.

Telecommunications giant MTN has lost a Special Tribunal exception application in connection with the alleged irregular supply of mobile devices for COVID-19 screening to the Limpopo Department of Health.

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Thembi Simelane, has strongly condemned an attack on a prosecutor and a stenographer at the Mamelodi Magistrates’ Court yesterday.