South Africa

Pretoria - Denel has welcomed the decision by Fitch Ratings to upgrade the company’s long-term rating and affirm its current short-term rating and outlook.

Pretoria - The Human Settlement Grant for constructing low cost houses in Limpopo has been released.

Pretoria - As learners enter the second week of the 2014 school year, inmates across the country are registering for various educational and skills programmes.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala has apologised to the nation after the team bowed out early from the CHAN 2014 tournament.

Pretoria - The implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) will be on the agenda for South Africa’s ministerial delegation to this week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has invited the public to submit their tips on what they would like to see in the country’s budget, which he will present to Parliament next month.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will represent South Africa at the Education World Forum in London next week, where leaders in the field are expected to map out policy related plans for the next decade.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma completed the third and last part of his annual routine medical check-up at a Durban hospital this morning.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim will continue consultations over the release of the South African hostage, Pierre Korkie, in Yemen, today.

Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) says motorists without e-tags should pay their e-toll bills at the earliest opportunity to avoid losing out on their discounts.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has officially opened the first ever Science and Technology High School for the people of Mvezo in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - The Presidency has reiterated that buses and taxis are exempted from paying e-tolls.

Pretoria - A total of 1004 rhino were poached in South Africa in 2013, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Friday.

Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training has urged students, parents and guardians to ensure that the institutions they enrol with are legally registered.

Pretoria – Primary school girls will from this year be immunised against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.