South Africa

The South African Police Service (SAPS) have arrested two more suspected drug traffickers at the OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola will lead a delegation of South African Ministers in a bilateral engagement with Mozambique on Wednesday, 18 December 2024.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, is leading the South African delegation to the 2024 Berlin Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) Conference currently underway in Germany.

With the festive season in full swing, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), has urged international travellers to comply with the country’s biosecurity import requirements for agricultural and related regulated products.

Deputy Minister for Transport Mkhuleko Hlengwa has welcomed the newly graduated 123 traffic officers and 56 road safety officers.

Twenty-seven teenage boys are set to be repatriated home to Mozambique after resurfacing from the Stilfontein unused mines more than a month ago, the Department of Social Development in the North West said.

With some of the major routes anticipated to experience heavy traffic during the festive season, the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has advised motorists on toll fees on some of the country’s major routes.

Rand Water has completed maintenance work at its Eikenhof system and pumping has resumed at the station.
In a statement, Johannesburg Water said the system will start to recover progressively.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called on motorists to exercise extreme caution on the roads.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed the death of an inmate at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in the Free State.

The National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) are seeking public comment into the 2025 draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill (2025 draft RLAB).

The structures and processes of South Africa’s National Dialogue will be in place in early 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Day of Reconciliation is dedicated to healing historical wounds and forging new futures.

Operations at the Lebombo port of entry are running smoothly as holiday movements increase, the Border Management Authority (BMA) said on Monday.

As the country commemorates National Reconciliation Day, residents of Western Cape have reflected on how far the country has come since the advent of democracy.