South Africa

Pretoria – North West MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Manketsi Tlhape, has appealed for patience in Setlagole village following recent protests there.

Pretoria - Ministers of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster will today visit election hotspots in the Western Cape in a bid to ensure stability ahead of the May 7 elections.

Pretoria – Acting Minister in the Presidency, Nathi Mthethwa, has announced that the inauguration of the President-elect of the Republic will take place on 24 May 2014, following the 7 May elections.

Pretoria – There is an urgent need to rejuvenate and expand the human resource component of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), says Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.

Pretoria – Government has made headway in reducing road carnage based on preliminary road safety campaign figures, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Generations star Patrick Shai, Rhythm City’s Mpho Molepo, Muvhango’s Nomsa Buthelezi and actress Maggie Williams will on Thursday kick off road shows at high schools and FET colleges around the province to encourage the youth to vote.

Pretoria - More than 170 nurses and doctors in Gauteng have been trained to respond appropriately to the health needs of survivors of sexual assault.

South Africa will hold its fifth democratic national and provincial elections on May 7. These elections will be historic as they coincide with the anniversary of 20 Years of Freedom. At the same time young people born in 1994 will be able to vote for the first time.

The transformation of the workplace to be truly non-racial and non-sexist both in the public and private sector was never going to be an easy task. We inherited a country characterised by 450 years of unfair discrimination, divided on the basis of race and gender, and the exclusion of people with disabilities. The discriminatory measures elevated the socio-economic status of white people at the expense of black people.

Pretoria – The City of Tshwane will plant wild olive trees along the A Re Yeng construction sites as a means of ploughing back into the environment.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has launched an investigation into the theft of more than 100 rhino horns that were stolen from a secure safe at the agency's premises over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria - Defence and Military Veterans Director General Tsepe Motumi and the Deputy Director General: Corporate Services, General Lifeni Make, have been placed on special leave.

Pretoria - The Pilanesberg Bulk Water Supply Scheme, which will benefit 57 villages in the Moses Kotane and Rustenburg Local Municipalities, will be launched today.

Pretoria – Free State MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Mosebenzi Zwane, has condemned the brutal killing of holiday makers at a Harrismith guesthouse over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria – The Gauteng school health programme has received a boost with the donation of a mobile clinic that will be used by health workers to screen children for conditions that compromise their learning.