Over 800 US and European government employees on Friday demanded an end to the diplomatic and military support their countries provide to Israel. This was conveyed in a joint statement in which employees opposed their countries’ support for the Israeli government in its war on the Gaza Strip. The employees[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on government to ease the pain of the high cost of living. The DA submitted a memorandum of demands to the National Treasury in Pretoria ahead of next week’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Part of their demands is that Treasury should introduce a[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to dispel the notion that government is not doing anything to provide services to the country. The President says social grants and feeding programmes at school are just some of the ways that government ensures that it provides services to South Africans. Some North West[…]
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki says he doesn’t believe there were weapons sold to Russia by the South African government. This follows the allegations of the US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety that South Africa sent weapons to Russia in December last year. President Cyril Ramaphosa has instituted[…]
Health Minister Joe Phaahla says they are looking at improving immunisation following the outbreak of mumps. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed the outbreak after a sharp increase in positive cases were recorded in three provinces. Most positive cases were found in children between the ages of four and[…]
A prominent Saudi cleric who was feared to have been detained has apparently left the Kingdom for a “safe” country, after criticising the government’s radical reforms in the entertainment sphere. Emad Al-Moubayed – a preacher and former imam at the King Abdulaziz Mosque in Dammam – posted a video on[…]
LOCAL Acting public service and administration minister Thulas Nxesi received a hostile reception when he tried to address protesting public sector workers. This week, public sector workers marched to the National Treasury’s offices in Pretoria over a wage dispute with the government, where they handed over a memorandum of demands[…]
LOCAL cting Public Service and Administration Minister, Thulas Ngxesi meets with public service union leaders to receive their memorandum, in Tshwane. Unions representing public service workers have handed over a memorandum of demands to the acting Public Service and Administration Minister Thulas Nxesi outside the office of the National Treasury[…]
The Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, said the government is keen to renew the ceasefire agreement with the Houthi group, and to openly solve all problems through dialogue, Anadolu news agency reported. Speaking at a press conference at the Yemeni embassy in the Moroccan capital Rabat[…]
LOCAL Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government’s intervention to deal with Eskom’s R400 billion debt, will be outlined in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in October. Godongwana says the tariff debate between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), also needs to be finalised expeditiously to[…]
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