South Africa

Pretoria - Eskom has released the long-awaited Denton report, which examined the state of affairs at the power utility.

Pretoria – It’s been 17 months since South Africans experienced load shedding, an occurrence that caused inconvenience to businesses and consumers alike.

Pretoria - South Africa has set itself goals of eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, growing the economy by an average of 5.4%, and cutting the unemployment rate to 6% by 2030.

Pretoria - South Africa’s painstaking efforts to grow the manufacturing industry are steadily having a tangible impact on local job creation and the ability of the domestic economy to hold its own in the face of a trying environment.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has been appointed as a South African ambassador for Global Citizen.

Pretoria - Public schools across South Africa are benefitting from a partnership between the Department of Basic Education and Absa that seeks to strengthen financial management and improve the accountability of schools.

Pretoria – Tributes are still streaming in this morning for the late rugby legend, Joost van der Westhuizen, who passed on Monday following a long battle with motor neuron disease.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa is currently in Zambia to strengthen cultural relations with that country’s Tourism and Arts Minister, Charles Banda.

Pretoria - South Africa and Indonesia have agreed to renew efforts to increase bilateral trade and cooperation.

Pretoria – A South African Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan, which deals with new pest detections, is already in motion to fight the Fall Army Worm (FAW).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed deep sadness and extended his heartfelt condolences on the passing of South African rugby legend and former Springbok captain, Joost van der Westhuizen.

Pretoria – The National Department of Health has commenced with processes to review the licences of all the 27 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) who received patients during the Gauteng Mental Health Marathon Project (GMHMP).

Pretoria – South Africa is hard at work to meet its target of zero new HIV infections by the year 2030.

Cape Town – Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Buti Manamela, says government needs to implement the National Development Plan (NDP) effectively in order to drive radical economic transformation in the mining industry.

Pretoria - When President Jacob Zuma tabled the 2016 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament, he began by indicating that the country was in a tough economic position. The rand was weak and employment was low.