South Africa

Johannesburg – The Gauteng Provincial Government has committed to giving qualifying township-based businesses all contracts that are under R500 000.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed condolences following the death of South African actor, Sammy Moeti, who played Vho-Mushasha on Tshivenda television drama series, Muvhango.

Pretoria - The Presidency says government will engage the legal representatives of the claimants, who were affected by the incidents of the 2012 Marikana tragedy, to expedite the processing of claims.

Pretoria – Acting Director-General in the Department of Human Settlements, Mbulelo Tshangana, says it’s high time the department moves from an unqualified audit opinion to a clean audit, where there is no emphasis of matters.

Pretoria – Companies that excel in advancing transformation by implementing affirmative action to redress the disadvantages in employment will be rewarded at the inaugural Employment Equity Awards tomorrow.

Pretoria - South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are expected to take their relations to new heights when President Jacob Zuma visits that country later this week.

Pretoria - An Israeli fugitive wanted for murder has been arrested at Montecasino in Johannesburg.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi is shocked and saddened by the death of the legendary Muvhango actor, Sammy Moeti, popularly known as Vho-Mushasha.

Pretoria - The Department of Human Settlements in Gauteng is slowly starting to see an improvement in the number of homes being delivered on the back of years of a downward trend.

Pretoria – A new technology has been introduced at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg to treat women suffering from uterine fibroids.

Johannesburg - South Africa’s leading communications services provider, Telkom officially unveiled its redesigned wholesale and networks division, Openserve which will increase broadband access in the country.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has opened a R600 million Unilever ice cream factory in Midrand, Gauteng.

Pretoria – Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi has encouraged South Africans to make use of opportunities of learning so they can contribute to the development of the country.

Pretoria - Another suspect linked to the “Bezuidenhout group” has been arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) as they continue to investigate the illicit gold industry.

Pretoria - The Presidency has rejected allegations made by Dr Mathews Phosa’s former employee, Jan Venter, who claimed that officials from the Presidency met him apparently as part of some plot to discredit Dr Phosa.