South Africa

Pretoria - Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile will mark World Aids Day, by joining in the Yarn Bombing of a tree at the Hillcrest AIDS Centre, outside Durban.

Pretoria - Real gross domestic product (GDP) eased to 1.2% in the third quarter, the lowest since the second quarter of 2009, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says he's gaining ground on Further Education and Training (FET) colleges.

Mahikeng - People living with HIV and AIDS in the North West will be given a chance to work on farms as part of a job creation and empowerment project.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs has urged members of the public who may have been discriminated by its officials for being transgender or intersex to report such cases.

Pretoria - Government has expressed its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the late Professor Jakes Gerwel. He passed away this morning at the age of 66.

Pretoria - Professor Jakes Gerwel, an academic and politician, passed away in the early hours of this morning.

Pretoria - South Africa and Tanzania have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that they hope will further develop agricultural ties between the two countries.

Mbombela - The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) has sent a special task team to help speed up investigations into general police brutality and service delivery protests in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Police are making steady progress in their investigations into a spate of ATM bombings, tracking down two more suspects believed to part of a bigger gang operating in several provinces.

Pretoria - With less than 24 hours to go until South Africans go to the polls in municipal elections, Business Unity South Africa is urging employers to make provisions for staff to take time off to vote.

Pretoria - Gautrain services between Pretoria, Hatfield and Centurion have once again been temporarily cancelled due to cable theft and other technical issues.

Pretoria - State owned enterprises (SOEs) should assist in achieving transformation measures that will help black accountants, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - Registered South African voters today have the opportunity to elect their municipal councillors at the country's fourth democratic municipal elections.

Pretoria - Several municipalities have said the first day of strike action by Samwu members has resulted in minimal disruptions to services.