In a room filled with jubilation and a spirit of humility, the recipients of the National Orders were bestowed with the Order of the Mendi for Bravery, the Order of Ikhamanga, the Order of the Baobab, the Order of Luthuli, and the Order of the Companio…
Champions of freedom, peace, human rights, social justice and equality is how President Cyril Ramaphosa described the recipients of this year’s National Orders.The President was speaking at an award ceremony to honour esteemed South Africans and eminen…
Eskom says it expects to lift load shedding from 9pm this evening with the utility moving to implement Stage 1 on Friday morning.This was announced by Eskom Chief Executive Andre de Ruyter.He said several generating units at the power utility’s power s…
The South African COVID-19 Modelling Consortium (SACMC) says South Africa is likely to experience lower death and hospitalisation rates in the fourth wave due to vaccination coverage.“Increases in cases will still lead to increases in admissions, but a…
For the first time in almost three years, the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has increased the repo by 25 basis points.The move will see the repo rate rise to 3.75% per year.Addressing the media following the MPC’s meeting…
The Department of Health has extended the offer of R100 grocery vouchers to people in their 50s who receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from 18 November 2021.This comes after the department announced that during November, R100 vouchers, re…
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is considering its next course of action after the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ordered that the revenue collector release former president Jacob Zuma’s tax information.In a statement, SARS Commissioner Ed…
