South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation says it will continue with water restrictions across the country as the drought is far from over.

Cape Town – After a rigorous short-listing process and marathon televised interviews, the National Assembly has recommended that Advocate Busisiwe Joyce Mkhwebane be appointed as the new Public Protector.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the advisory panel on the national minimum wage will submit a report of their recommendations next month.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has been awarded a UNESCO International Literacy Award for its Kha Ri Gude mass literacy campaign.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says no nuclear deal has been entered into with any country.

Pretoria - Eskom honoured black-owned small and medium enterprises at its Business Investment Competition Awards on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The launch of AVK Holdings manufacturing facility will go a long way to strengthen localisation by supporting small and medium enterprises, says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Cape Town - The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights will re-direct resources that were meant for the lodgement of claims towards research and finalising land claims that were lodged by 31 December 1998.

Pretoria - The Ministry of Human Settlements has warned the public about fake Linkedin and Facebook accounts, which purport to be those of Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has condemned the actions of students who disrupted a sitting of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training, the Fees Commission, in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Free State Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is to host a parade to welcome home Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk.

Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says September is the last month for Basotho nationals who work, study or do business in South Africa to apply for special permits to regularise their stay in South Africa.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal government has condemned the torching of government property in New Hanover, outside Pietermaritzburg.

Kempton Park - Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Jeff Radebe says failure by government officials to pay service providers on time has a direct impact on their livelihoods and their families.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has received an Honorary Doctorate in Applied Sciences for her continued contribution and support in the field of humanities from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT).