We, G20 Ministers met to discuss the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), in Belém, Pará, Brazil, on 1st November 2024, alongside ministers from invited countries and partner international...
The Sixth South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey (SABSSM VI) for Limpopo has found that the province had one of the lowest HIV prevalence levels among all provinces in 2022, at...
Cabinet has moved to reassure South Africans that the Mpox outbreak is under control. The disease has now been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health...
Cabinet says support for displaced families, whose homes were flooded when the walls of a dam collapsed in the Swartland Municipality in the Western Cape, continues. This comes after the collapse of...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has given the City of Cape Town permission to construct an emergency spillway on the fourth and remaining farm dam reported to be on the verge of collapse...
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has established a rapid response team to deal with all current outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). This follows a Disease Management Area (DMA)...
The Department of Health has called for ongoing public vigilance against Mpox disease as two more laboratory-confirmed infections have been detected in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. According to the...
As an intense cold front moves away from most parts of the country, the Western Cape is still at risk as it prepares for a second cold front, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS). ...
Four additional Mpox cases have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, with infections expected to rise as contact tracing efforts are stepped up. This pushes the total number of...
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government is working towards a permanent solution for the people affected by the recent storms. “We are working closely with the eThekwini Municipality and the...
Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced a second death linked to Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the government provided an update on its...
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has assured residents of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality that government is putting together resources to improve the dire situation caused by the...
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government is at the centre of coordinating relief and humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of a devastating storm that ripped through parts of the province on Monday. ...
The KwaZulu-Natal government remains on the ground to provide humanitarian assistance to the families that have been displaced by devastating floods following heavy rains that have battered parts of...
The National Research Foundation (NRF) has welcomed the announcement of a $92 million investment into the International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. The...
The Department of Health says South Africa is on track to achieve malaria elimination status by 2028, as outlined in the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan. This, according to the...
The National Treasury last month released R372 million from the Municipal Disaster Response Grant (MDRG) as an intervention for municipalities affected by floods in recent times. This is after...
South Africa’s ongoing efforts to respond to Tuberculosis (TB) have been strengthened with funding of $94 million for the next five years. “Just over R4 billion was budgeted in the 2024/2025...
South Africa has urgently asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to enforce additional emergency measures against Israel to prevent a famine in the Gaza strip. A statement released by the...
Several flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal have been classified disaster areas by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Thembi Nkadimeng. The move will enable government...
