South Africa

Pretoria - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana, has allocated oyster fishing rights to 18 appellants out of 74.

Pretoria – The Department of Labour on Friday launched a study which will be used as a tool to help cushion the devastating economic effects of HIV and Aids in the workplace.

Boksburg - President Jacob Zuma envisages that through Operation Phakisa in education, learners will leave the schooling system as ethical, discerning, and responsible users of information, and be Information Communication Technology (ICT) capable to make meaningful contributions to society.

Pretoria – Residents living in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) community of Keimoes and Kai Garib, in the Northern Cape, will be the first people to experience Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in South Africa.

Pretoria - A newly launched translation service has been developed to support language practitioners in their work.

Pretoria - Former President Nelson Mandela will posthumously be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame ahead of South Africa’s clash with Scotland at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, on Saturday.

Cape Town – The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana has sent his condolences to the families of the fishermen who lost their lives during a freak trawler accident at the weekend.

Pretoria - South Africans are encouraged to participate in the country’s first ever National Recreation Day taking place across the country today.

Pretoria - National Treasury has extended the comment period of the draft default pension fund strategies.

Pretoria - A number of roads in the Sandton CBD have been closed off to private vehicles for the duration of the EcoMobility World Festival 2015 since yesterday until the end of the month, to mark Transport Month.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will this morning launch Operation Phakisa in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education, in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has called on the elderly, whose pension grants are being withdrawn without their consent, to submit affidavits to South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) officials.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande and his Angolan counterpart Adoao Gaspar Ferreira do Nascimento have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work jointly in the areas of education.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed six new Commissioners to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa.

Pretoria - A cash in transit robbery was foiled when Fidelity security guards returned fire with the suspects in Mariti, just outside Bushbuckridge, on Thursday.