Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the General Household Survey, 2020 (GHS) results on Thursday, 2 December 2021 in Pretoria. The social and household service delivery report provides a snapshot of progress achieved in basic government ser…
South Africa recorded 4 373 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, of which 3 143 were reported in Gauteng alone.According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this means there is now a total number of 2 968 052 laboratory-confirmed case…
The World Health Organization called for countries to keep calm and take “rational” measures in response to the new, fast-spreading Covid variant Omicron, which has sparked global panic. “We call on all member states to take rational, proportional ris…
South Africa should be applauded for having alerted the world about the Omicron variant that is now beginning to spread around the world, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.The President has criticised countries who have imposed travel bans on South Africa…
Departing South Africa for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in high spirits earlier on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was excited to embark on a week-long, four-nation visit to West Africa.Flanked by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Ebrah…
The Department of Health has announced the reinstatement of Director-General, Dr Sandile Buthelezi.According to a media statement released on Tuesday, Buthelezi is now back in the driver’s seat as the Accounting Officer of the department with effect fr…
Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has condemned the United Kingdom (UK) and other developed countries for knee jerk reactions over the country’s scientific work in genomic modelling.This comes after the UK, all 27 …
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister John Jeffery says the battle to eradicate Gender Based Violence and Femicide is one that government can lead but not fight alone.He was speaking during a commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism fo…