South Africa

Pretoria - Former Northern Cape Finance MEC John Block was on Tuesday sentenced to a 15-year prison term by the Kimberley High Court.

Pretoria - President Zuma on Tuesday met with members of the Robben Island ex-Political Prisoners Association (EPPA) at his residence Mahlamba Ndlopfu, in Pretoria.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has affirmed the recommendation not to increase the salaries of public office bearers for the 2016/17 financial year.

Pretoria – Authorities are getting their ducks in a row to tighten traffic law enforcement to reduce carnage on South African roads.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow following his victory in the presidential elections held on 1 December.

Cape Town - South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2016, Statistics South Africa’s Joe de Beer said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a united South Africa where all citizens work together to build a non-racial and non-sexist society.

Pretoria – The Umalusi Council has made a determination to retain language compensation at 3% for learners who study through the medium of English as a second language in Grade 12 from 2016 until 2022.

Pretoria - Algerian businesspeople are keen to collaborate with their South African counterparts in order to grow trade between African countries.

Pretoria - Moody’s Investor Services has affirmed Eskom’s credit rating, assigning it to a national scale rating of A2.za.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has joined music lovers in expressing shock over the sudden passing of gospel singer Sfiso Ncwane.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Dr Siyabonga Cwele is leading a South African delegation to the 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which is being held in Mexico this week.

Pretoria – Home Affairs clients living in the Cape Metro area will now have the pleasure of listening to broadcast updates on the volumes experienced at the various offices in the metro at least twice a day on radio stations.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday reply to questions from Members of Parliament on several issues of national importance, including various aspects of the proposed National Minimum Wage.

Pretoria - Four drug mules, attempting to smuggle cocaine worth over R4.2 million, were intercepted at OR Tambo International Airport.