South African Tribune

International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, will lead the South African delegation at the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Summit.According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), talks are scheduled to take place from 27 to 28 August 2022 in Tunis, Tunisia. The…

The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on members of the public and sector stakeholders to submit their inputs on the National Pricing Strategy for Raw Water Use.The pricing strategy, published in the Government Gazette, is a framework for the pricing of water use for South Africa’s water resource,…

Parliament's  Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery has concluded its follow-up oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal.On the last leg of the visit, the committee visited two sites which are currently being used as temporary shelters following the April floods in the province. On Thursday the committee visited…

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has not dictated to the City of Johannesburg on what municipal rates rebate should be given to independent schools.In a statement, the department said this could not have happened, as this is a prerogative reserved for Council. Recent media…

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is making progress on payments to service providers and ensuring that service providers are paid within the stipulated 30 day period.The DPWI and Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE), also under the DPWI, handles and pays on average 1 130 and 11 700…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has met with the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) and recommitted to the upliftment of women, adolescents and children in South Africa.The PMNCH is a leading group aimed at securing the health and wellbeing of the vulnerable groups by working with states and some…

With the impending final date for applications of government subsidied Set-Top Boxes (STBs), the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has ramped up public awareness on the Broadcast Digital Migration (BDM) programme to ensure the message reaches South Africans.“We therefore adopted a multi-prong and multi-channel approach to drive the message…