South Africa

Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma has instituted an enquiry into the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Mxolisi Nxasana.

Pretoria – Cooperatives are catalysts for economic growth and sustainable development for disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised communities as well as those with limited resource capabilities, says the Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu.

Pretoria – Government says it has noted with concern the strike by members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and media reports of vandalism to infrastructure and intimidation to other workers allegedly committed by the union members.

Pretoria - Gauteng Department of Human Settlements will soon introduce biometric technology in the allocation of RDP houses to eliminate corruption and manipulation of waiting lists.

Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says while the right to protest is enshrined in the Constitution, it should not infringe on the right of children to go to school.

Pretoria – Following media reports of a mentally disabled teenager being raped and impregnated by a police officer, the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane–Zulu, will this weekend meet with the Mpumalanga authorities.

Pretoria – The North West Department of Health says it has reinstated the contract awarded to Lorato Consultants t/a Lorato Constructions to supply coal to provincial hospitals.

Pretoria – The Mpumalanga Provincial Government has appointed the MEC for Finance, Eric Kholwane, to the role of curator in the ailing provincial Department of Health.

Pretoria - Electricity is to be restored to areas in Soweto that had been without power due to cable theft, Eskom said on Friday.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has claimed R30 000 in unpaid rentals from 13 former MPs, who overstayed at the Parliamentary Villages, after the expiry of their month-long grace period, on 7 June.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa are in Paris to attend the 98th anniversary of the battle of Delville Wood, which occurred during World War 1.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says his department is ready to deal with challenges arising from the new Immigration Act.

Pretoria - South African citizens are in for a treat on Mandela Day on 18 July. Selected Ster Kinekor cinemas across the country will be screening the movie Long Walk to Freedom free.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has paid tribute to Professor Russel Botman, the Vice Chancellor of Stellenbosch University.

Pretoria - Eight of the nine Daveyton policemen implicated in the murder of Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Macia, have been fired.