South Africa

Pretoria - The National School of Government (NSG) and the French government have signed a memorandum of understanding to train South African government officials in France on a yearly basis.

Pretoria – The Hawks have arrested 20 Home Affairs officials and six Basotho nationals at the Maseru port of entry.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has strongly condemned the “malicious dissemination of untruthful information” regarding a possible Cabinet reshuffle.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the announcement of the first phase milestone towards switching off of the analogue transmitter on 28 October 2016.

Pretoria - South Africa is considering shale gas as a potential contributor to the country’s future energy mix, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday.

Pretoria – As the final test of a long school career beckons for this year’s matrics, Cabinet says all stakeholders in education must work together to ensure that the country’s institutions of higher learning are in a position to receive the Class of 2016.

Pretoria - Cabinet has appealed to protesting students to be guided by the Constitution and not violate the rights of others when they raise their call for free education at institutions of higher learning.

Pretoria- Cabinet has called  on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board to abide by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in handling the matter affecting the cor

As South Africa celebrates its rich- history and heritage during the month of September, citizens have been urged to visit the various tourist attractions and places of heritage that the country has to offer.

Pretoria - The Department of Local Government and Human Settlements in the North West has requested municipalities to impose strict water restrictions and to focus their 2016/17 Municipal Infrastructure Grant funding to address water shortages in affected areas.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called for calm and restraint at all higher education campuses across the country.

Pretoria - Three young Denel mechanical engineering graduates have developed a new light-weight machine gun to provide continuous fire support on the modern battle field.

Pretoria – Twenty-six people were on Thursday arrested in Bloemfontein by law enforcement agencies and the Home Affairs counter-corruption branch.

Pretoria – The growth in numbers of the Cape mountain zebra population has enabled the species to move off the most endangered list of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Pretoria - The South Africa-Iran Deputy Ministerial Working Group (DMWG) will kick off on Thursday in Pretoria.