South Africa

Pretoria – School feeding schemes plays a vital role in education and have been recognised as the world’s most widely-used safety net.

Pretoria – The freedom that South Africans enjoy today can be attributed to President OR Tambo’s political zeal, vision and his unique leadership qualities which kept a huge political movement together, says Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi.

Pretoria - A total of 36 042 households across the country have registered for the government subsidised set-top-boxes (STBs).

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has walked away with an award for the promotion of multilingualism at the annual Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) awards.

Cape Town – The Western Cape tourism sector has experienced one of its best summer seasons, with international visitor arrivals up 29.8 percent.

Pretoria - More than 200 youths, who are on drugs in the City of Tshwane, have surrendered themselves to be rehabilitated in various facilities in Gauteng.

Johannesburg – The Gauteng provincial government wants to convert some of its public buildings, including schools, clinics and hospitals into centres of economic activity; saying this could unlock R42 billion in value and create 190 000 jobs.

Pretoria – The South African Police Services (SAPS) is hosting a Forensic Services Conference, in Pretoria, under the theme “Fundamentals of Forensic Evidence”.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal is on course to reach the target of 2.6 million people tested for HIV.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has declared a Special Provincial Official Funeral for late struggle veteran and former Robben Island prisoner, Collen Monde Mkunqwana, who recently passed away.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu says it is crucial to push the process of radical economic transformation to address the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu has warned that the provincial government will deal firmly with those who fraudulently issue tenders and contracts to underserving companies with no proof of quality and capacity to perform.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department for Roads and Transport supports the principle of an extension of the Gautrain rail network extension, as it will have significant socio-economic development benefits.

Pretoria – Peak hour traffic towards the Pretoria CBD was disrupted by truck drivers on Wednesday morning.

Pretoria - National Treasury will shortly publish final amendments to tax free savings accounts for the year beginning 1 March 2017.