South African Tribune

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has welcomed the appointment of a new Chairperson and four Commissioners. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the appointment of Advocate Nthabiseng Sepanya-Mogale as Chairperson of the Commission effectively on a full time basis, with effect from 1 March 2023 to 28 February 2028. In a statement…

International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, has described the “prepper” warning issued by the US Embassy in South Africa to stock up on food and water as the country continues to rollout load shedding as “odd”.This comes after the US government warned its citizens in South Africa to…

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, says by investing in education and training, the country will be able to develop the skills and expertise necessary to capitalise on new technologies, adjust to new industries, and successfully compete in a global economy. Dlamini Zuma made the rema...…

Unemployment and expanded unemployment rates have decreased marginally during Quarter 4 (Q4). This is according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday. “The… changes in employment and unemployment resulted in the official unemployment rate decreasing by 0.2 of a percentage point…

The Department of Human Settlements has unveiled the revised government funded housing subsidy programme for middle-income earners.Formerly known as the Financed Linked Individually Subsidy Programme (FLISP) or Help-Me-Buy-A-Home, which was meant to assist in making first-time home ownership affordable, the First Home Finance will now also cater for non-mortgage approved…

The Presidency has described recent media reporting on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s responding affidavit in a case challenging the Constitutionality of load shedding as a “gross misrepresentation of statements”.Media reports have suggested that President Ramaphosa’s affidavit suggests that neither he, as president, nor government bear a duty to provide electricity to…

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has paid out R22.6 million to 4 942 former teaching and general assistants, who were employed under Harry Gwala and iLembe District Municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal.The payments were processed between 20 and 23 February 2023, when the UIF took services to clients via its mobile buses. The…