South Africa

Cape Town – Newly elected councillors will receive training on government’s Back to Basics programme to ensure they serve their community efficiently.

Pretoria – Mzwandile Masina has been elected as the new Mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality.

Pretoria - Unit 2 of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme came into commercial operation on Monday, says Eskom.

Cape Town – Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele says small businesses are the biggest innovators and that they need support to turn their big ideas into even bigger solutions.

Cape Town – The Portfolio Committee on Communications (PCC) has dismissed calls for an inquiry to probe ongoing issues at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

With most councils having been constituted following the 2016 Local Government Elections, the focus now shifts to another important aspect of the local government system in South Africa -- the formation of ward committees.

Ekurhuleni - South Africa’s 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya has thanked South Africans for coming out in their numbers to welcome Team South Africa back into the country following the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Pretoria - Preparations for the Special Official Funeral of the former Minister of Sport and Recreation and former Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, the late Reverend Arnold Makhenkesi Stofile, are at an advanced stage.

Cape Town – Public Service and Administration Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi says innovation should be at the centre of service delivery for government to positively impact on the lives of all South Africans.

Pretoria – Senior education officials in Limpopo are set to meet today to thrash out ways to improve education in that province.

Cape Town - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the planned picket outside her department’s head office in Pretoria today by the Right to Know Campaign is aimed at silencing her from driving media transformation in the country.

Pretoria – The Democratic Alliance’s Herman Mashaba was on Monday elected as the new mayor of the City of Johannesburg.

Pretoria - South Africa is making solid progress in its digital migration campaign, says the Department of Communications Chief Director: Digital Migration Programme Management Office, Dr Fhatuwani Mutuvhi.

Pretoria – Despite several challenges, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) roll out in Gauteng schools has made important gains academically, says MEC Panyaza Lesufi.

Pretoria – ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (AMSA) has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of R1.5 billion for its involvement in the long steel and scrap metal cartels.