Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has reiterated that getting the COVID-19 vaccination is not mandatory in South Africa.This stems from reports of some employers threatening to dismiss staff who choose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine that i…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the people who lost their lives in Phoenix, north of Durban, in the past few weeks.Speaking at the Gallagher Estate vaccination centre on Thursday, President Ramapho…
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who visited two COVID-19 vaccination centres in Gauteng on Thursday, says South Africa is banking on mass vaccination sites to reach as many people as possible. He said he was pleased the province was opening drive-through va…
As government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is underway, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has visited the Sibanye-Stillwater mineworkers’ vaccination sites in the North West.The Minister’s visit formed part of the mining sec…
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has commended Transnet employees for their hard work to have managed to restore full operations at the ports after a security breach on Thursday.Transnet has managed to fully restore operations at the Ports wh…
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi will on Friday launch a report on the state of the South African Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).The report will be launched during a webinar under the theme, ‘A new beginning’.The launch of the report i…
The temporary extension of the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant by another month will cost the South African fiscus R27 billion, the National Treasury has revealed.The Department revealed this during a press briefing in which it detailed the countr…
Government has set aside R36 billion financial assistance and incentive relief to businesses hardest hit by the recent riots in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal with the aim of helping them get back on their feet.Revealing the economic support package on Wedn…
