MIL-OSI Africa: Former Joburg mayor elected NCOP chair
Source: South Africa News Agency Former City of Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo has been elected as the new Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Masondo was elected during the first sitting of the NCOP on Thursday morning to the position that was previously held by ANC’s Thandi Modise, who was yesterday elected as […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Street closures for Presidential Inauguration
Source: South Africa News Agency Citizens in Tshwane, especially those in the vicinity of Loftus Versfeld and motorists, are advised to make alternative arrangements as some streets will be closed due to the Presidential Inauguration on Saturday. The democratically elected President of South Africa will be inaugurated on 25 May 2019 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: 2 000 officers deployed for Presidential Inauguration
Source: South Africa News Agency Over 2 000 police officers will be deployed in and around the Loftus Versfeld Stadium vicinity for the Presidential Inauguration on Saturday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said. The Minister revealed this during a media briefing on the security state of readiness, shortly after addressing a police parade to be deployed […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Data centers show confidence in SA
Source: South Africa News Agency Communications Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana says Microsoft’s decision to invest in Africa through South Africa by building two data centres, is arguably one of the biggest Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) investments on the continent to date. “Not only is it a remarkable display of confidence in the South African Government, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: SA attends WTO ministers’ meeting
Source: South Africa News Agency Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies will today attend an informal meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministers in France. “The aim of the informal gathering of WTO Ministers is to exchange views and ideas on possible outcomes for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) that will take place in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Companies pleased with trade opportunities in Uganda
Source: South Africa News Agency South African companies seeking trade opportunities in Uganda have expressed satisfaction with progress made in the East African country. Local companies in the agro-processing, capital equipment, energy and furniture sectors are participating in the current Outward Trade and Investment Mission (OTIM) through the Department of Trade and Industry (dti). The mission […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Nersa confirms receipt of energy plan deviation letter
Source: South Africa News Agency The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed receiving Energy Minister Jeff Radebe’s letter of deviation from the country’s Integrated Resource Plan as well as applications for generation licences. “Nersa hereby confirms that it has received a letter from the Minister of Energy on 2 May 2019, granting […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: NCOP delegates take their oath
Source: South Africa News Agency With the Sixth Democratic National Assembly of Parliament formally constituted on Wednesday, the focus today turns to the establishment of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will presiding over the swearing-in or affirmation of the delegates to the NCOP, as well as the election of the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Services brought back at Bheki Mlangeni Hospital
Source: South Africa News Agency Key services at Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Soweto, Gauteng, have been brought back following a fire, which resulted in the closure of the facility. Eighty-six in-patients were moved to various neighbouring healthcare facilities after a fire broke out at the hospital’s administration block on Monday morning. No patients were […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: President-elect: Incoming Cabinet to bring change
Source: South Africa News Agency On 9 May 1994, the late struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu rose from her seat in the first democratic seating of Parliament to nominate former statesman Nelson Mandela as President in what has since become a historic visual in the minds of most South Africans. That was 25 years ago. On […]
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