SA exploring options to try and cut down car use
PRETORIA: South Africa is to consider a number of policy changes to encourage more environmentally-friendly vehicle usage.
Gauteng moves to eradicate pothole problems
JOHANNESBURG: The Gauteng provincial government has launched an innovative new mobile app that allows users to report potholes.
Unemployment improves in 2022
PRETORIA: Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has confirmed that the unemployment rate declined over the first quarter of the year.
Hajj and Umrah Ministry launches ‘Smart Pilgrim’ app
The app allows pilgrims to communicate with their service providers and report any violations to the ministry
Saudia implements plan to transport Hajj pilgrims
Saudia, the Kingdom’s flag carrier, has started implementing its plan to transport pilgrims from various countries to Saudi Arabia for Hajj 2022, Saudi Press Agency reported.
Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states and Muslim institutions denounce Indian official’s insults against Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and Muslim institutions on Sunday condemned the remarks against Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) by a top official in India’s ruling party, with some demanding con rete action to end such acts of Islamophobia.
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Saudi Arabia receives 1st foreign Hajj pilgrims since COVID began
A group of Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia has landed in the city of Medina from where they will be travelling to the holy city of Mecca, marking the arrival of the first batch of pilgrims from outside the kingdom after two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to state media.
Charity urges truce extension in Yemen
The international charity Oxfam has urged Yemen’s warring sides to extend a two-month truce, appealing to the parties to the conflict to work together to avoid “catastrophic hunger” in the war-wrecked country.
World’s ‘most neglected’ refugee crises all in Africa
The world is paying too little attention to a slew of mass displacements of people across Africa, risking starvation deaths and prolonging conflicts, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned in a report published Wednesday.
Nearly half of South Africa receiving grants
PRETORIA: South Africa’s government has worryingly revealed that almost half of the population are now receiving some sort of financial support or grant.
Change to pension age tabled in Parliament
CAPE TOWN: The country’s Social Development minister Lindiwe Zulu has tabled the Older Persons Amendment Bill in Parliament as her department seeks to introduce new age requirements and further protections for the elderly.
SA unemployment rate climbs rapidly
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa remains amongst the countries with the highest unemployment rates in the world.
Durban’s infrastructure deteriorating at rapid rate
DURBAN: Vandalism in the city of Durban has destroyed more than 40 000 street light poles in the latest bi-annual report released by the eThekwini Municipality.
More name changes to be made by Mthethwa
PRETORIA: The country’s Sport, Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthethwa has insisted that name changes remain a key to the country’s transformation efforts, vowing that more changes will come to key destinations in the coming months.
SA looking to blood new traffic officers
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa is on the look out for new traffic officers and launched a program to try and strengthen the department.
Hajj capacity expanded to 1 million
SAUDI ARABIA: Hajj is set to return to some sort of pre-Covid-19 normality this year after Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced it will increase capacity to one million pilgrims in 2022.
