South Africa could become a “failed state” but has yet to reach that point, a senior official of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has said.The admission by ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula comes as South Africa experiences power cuts, kno…

Thank you programme director.Deputy Minister of the Department, Ms Bernice Swarts;Acting DG of the Department, Ms Nyeleti Makhubele;Members of the media;Good Morning!We welcome you all who are attending this pre-budget vote media briefing by the Depart…

Honourable Chair and Members of the Committee, we are honoured to deliver our maiden Budget Vote Speech of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI).It has been a steep learning curve to get our teeth into this huge Department and to ful…

Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza, has announced the appointment of new permanent members of the KwaZulu-Natal Ingonyama Trust board.In a statement, the ministry said the board consists of the Ingonyama or his nomine…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has recovered at least R71 million from companies that unduly claimed from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS).This after the corruption busting unit commenced in…

A total of N.dollars 4.2 billion for the financial year of 2023/24 and N.dollars 13.1 billion over the Mid-term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) has been allocated to the requisite infrastructure development sector.Meanwhile, the transportation sector rece…