South Africa

Pretoria - Eskom is currently not load shedding as the power system is currently stable.

Pretoria – Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi has encouraged South Africans to read so they can contribute to building the country.

Pretoria – The newly renovated Solomon Mahlangu Freedom Square, which commemorates the struggle heroes and heroines, in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, has officially reopened today.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, today shared opportunities that are available within the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) sector with learners at the North West Secondary School of the Deaf.

Pretoria - While government has welcomed all the graduates from initiation schools, it is also concerned about the high number of deaths that happened during this season, says the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has rounded up his Cabinet at the Sefako Makgtho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria to look at what progress has made since the adoption of the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) in 2014.

Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) energy ministers have approved the establishment of the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE).

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has described a week-long oversight visit to the Northern Cape as satisfactory and an eye opener.

Pretoria – The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) says it has accepted the current facilitator’s proposal regarding salary increases for more than 250 000 municipal employees.

Pretoria - The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has expressed its satisfaction regarding an oversight visit by the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation, which assessed the use of conditional grants allocated to the provinces and municipalities for sport and recreation.

Pretoria- About 50 trees were on Saturday planted at households in Sunway, Hartebeespoort in the North West to raise awareness of greening residential areas.

Pretoria – A group of journalists will on Sunday visit President Jacob Zuma's residence in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs has strengthened its counter corruption unit in order to root out perpetrators, says Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has appointed new members to the Board of Denel.

Pretoria – Eskom has warned its suppliers and companies doing business with it or any of its subsidiaries, of fraudsters operating under the guise of a business magazine called the Industrial World Business.