South Africa

Pretoria-Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato on Sunday welcomed the arrest of five suspects in connection with the murder of Sergeant Theophilus Xolisa Mlindwa.

Pretoria- Power is expected to be restored to Kempton Park by Monday night, following an explosion at a substation in the area, said the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

Pretoria- Deputy Minister of Traditional Affairs, Obed Bapela, has re-emphasised the zero tolerance approach to initiation school fatalities.

Pretoria- Economic Development Deputy Minister, Madala Masuku, says the radical approach to economic transformation is important for development as well as poverty eradication in South Africa.

Pretoria-Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Sunday expected to conclude his working visit to France which saw the mortal remains of a South African who died during World War I in that country being reburied.

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.