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Unemployment in South Africa is a crisis. As of the first quarter of 2025, the official unemployment rate stood at 32.9%, with youth unemployment at an alarming 62.4%. These figures speak to the urgency ...
Student funding through the National Student Financial Scheme (NSFAS) has grown since 1991 from disbursing R21.4 million to R54 billion. Between 2019 and 2024, NSFAS disbursed R244 billion, benefiting ...
I have learned with deep sadness of the passing of former Deputy President and former Premier of Mpumalanga David Dabede Mabuza. Deputy President Mabuza passed away today, Thursday, 3 July 2025, at a ...
South Africa’s G20 Presidency and the participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities ...
In keeping with the National Development Plan (NDP) Vision 2030, the Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) and the government’s objectives of re-industrialisation, the Department of Mineral and ...
As part of the aspirations expressed in the Freedom Charter, the Honourable President, Cyril Ramaphosa, in his 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA), gave us a clear instruction on what we need to ...
Hon. Chair, The DPSA budget allocation for the 2025/26 financial year will focus on several key areas, including developing a Remuneration Policy for fair compensation and implementing the Batho Pele ...
It is, therefore, both an honour and a duty for me to rise today in support of the Minister in the Presidency, Honourable Ntshavheni, as she tables Budget Vote 14 for Statistics South Africa, our ...
In December last year the Department of Transport issued the Network Statement and Rail Access Tariffs for 2024/5. Open access to the rail network will allow train operating companies to increase the ...
Public Works & Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson convened the inaugural meeting of his advisory panel on Public Asset Management and Infrastructure, urging them to help develop solutions to ...
A key strategic milestone was the passing of the amendments to the Statistics Act (No 6 of 1999) by the 6th Parliament and the President assenting to the Amendment Act in December 2024, now known as ...
Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Members of the Portfolio Committee, Honourable Members, National Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Inspecting Judge, Justice Edwin ...