South Africa

The Department of Social Development will use the November month to speak to South Africans about the many challenges facing people with disabilities in their daily lives.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has declared Provincial Official Funerals for the late Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates Captain Senzo Meyiwa of KwaZulu-Natal and the Olympic medallist Mbulaheni Mulaudzi of Limpopo.

Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Thursday said it will conduct a test for Ebola on the KwaZulu-Natal man, who returned from work in Sierra Leone and complained of mild fever symptoms on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Power utility Eskom and the South African Local Government Association (Salga) have signed a co-operative agreement that aims at fostering an active partnership.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development Nandi Mayathula-Khoza will take action to set aside an R88.8-million tender, which was awarded to a construction company through a flawed appointment process.

Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation says it has successfully completed the planned outage of the raw water bulk pipeline between Jericho pump station and Kriel power station.

Pretoria – The South African National Parks (SANParks) on Thursday announced the arrest of six suspected poachers and the fatal wounding of two others in two separate operations.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated President Dilma Rousseff of the Federative Republic of Brazil on her successful re-election as President.

Pretoria - The state of the global economy and the development of trade and investment linkages between the United States and South Africa formed part of discussions between Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and US Secretary of Treasury Jacob J.Lew.

Pretoria - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is providing free transport to mourners, who wish to attend the funeral services and burial of the fallen sporting heroes, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Senzo Meyiwa and Phindile Mwelase.

Johannesburg - For the first time in South Africa, there will be a national sporting Hall of Fame which will house and display the memorabilia of all South African sport heroes including Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Senzo Meyiwa and Phindile Mwelase.

Johannesburg - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has urged service providers, who are supposed to prepare nutritious meals for learners at schools, to do their work properly for the sake of health and nutrition.

Cape Town – Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has called on all South Africans to join hands with the police in the fight against crime.

Pretoria - The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has welcomed the age restriction set by the Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu for access to free public housing.

Johannesburg - The Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg is this afternoon reverberating with vuvuzela’s and songs praising the three late sporting heroes, Senzo Meyiwa, Phindile Mwelase and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.