An Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) inspector at the Department of Labour has closed a school following a proactive inspection that took place on Friday at Sigonde Primary School in Musina, Limpopo.In a statement on Monday, the department said the …
Health Deputy Minister, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, says government may have to consider tightening tobacco regulations in South Africa.The Deputy Minister was speaking at the release of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results for the country in the …
From being born with a visual impairment to fighting against homelessness and family abuse, Marco Hartse recently won first prize as part of a national COVID-19 vaccine awareness art competition for young people.The #KeReady2Flex Challenge was initiate…
Government says it has noted with concern various incidences of child abuse which have been reported in the media.These include kidnapping, bullying of children at schools and on the internet, as well as food poisoning of children, among others.Governm…
The unemployment rate in South Africa has decreased by 0.8 of a percentage point to 34.5% in the first quarter of 2022, Statistics South Africa has revealed.In the last quarter of 2021, the country saw the highest unemployment rate on record of 35.3%.R…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says Black Economic Empowerment remains a pivotal part of government’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan as the country recovers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Next year will mark the 20th year that the Broad-Bas…
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has advised representative taxpayers of trusts of their duty to register trusts for income tax purposes.In a statement, SARS on Friday said: “Trusts are included in the definition of a ‘person’ in terms of the I…
South Africa has administered a total of 3 255 COVID-19 vaccines in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of vaccines to 36 020 076 to date.According to data by the National Department of Health (NDoH), the highest number of vaccines were from t…
