South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has sent condolences to the family and friends of Sir Richard Attenborough, who died on Sunday.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements and Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Jacob Mamabolo, has strongly condemned the use of violence by some residents of a Johannesburg inner-city flat as a strategy to stop evictions.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has urged the public not to use false agents and intermediaries when registering their companies at the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).

Pretoria - Government has dismissed media reports that the State Security Agency has become an employment department for the children of Ministers and other high-profile officials.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Health has suspended its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ndoda Biyela, pending an internal investigation, the department said on Monday.

Pretoria - A high-level rapid response team has been sent to the Mooi Mpofana Local Municipality to end the protest action, which is blocking traffic on the busy N3 highway near Mooi River.

Pretoria – Eight men have handed themselves in today in connection with the recent illicit diamond syndicate bust.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan says the underrepresentation of women in social, political and economic spheres must be addressed if Africa is to develop fully.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has sent birthday wishes to German Lekekela, who turns 100 years today.

Pretoria – The North West government has revived its Provincial Operation Clean Audit Committee (POCAC), which will help municipalities across the province to get clean audits.

Pretoria - A delegation of South African companies has arrived in Maputo, Mozambique, where they will showcase their products and services at the 50th Jubilee of the Feira International de Maputo (FACIM) Fair.

Pretoria - The City of Cape Town has taken public transport to the next level with the launch of its first green transport facility.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education has on Sunday dismissed a report claiming it would take nine years to eradicate mud schools in the country, calling it inaccurate, misleading and unhelpful.

Pretoria- Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, says women have shown courage in pioneering economic emancipation in Southern Africa and beyond.

Pretoria – National Police Commissioner, General Riah Phiyega, has condemned the increasing trends of mob justice and killing people accused of witchcraft and the burning of their houses.