South Africa

South Africa has successfully launched into space the continent’s most advanced nanosatellite to date - the ZACube-2.

The City of Cape Town has on Thursday reiterated its stance that public amenities are available to all members of the public.

Public health facilities across Gauteng were abuzz with excitement as 324 healthy babies were delivered on Christmas Day.

Congestion at the Beitbridge into Zimbabwe is being resolved, said the Department of Home Affairs on Monday.

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Finance, Belinda Scott, has put smiles on the faces of over 200 children from Edendale Hospital and SOS Children’s Village in Pietermaritzburg during her surprise visit to the two institutions ahead of Christmas.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has urged South Africans with family members in Indonesia whom they cannot contact or locate, to contact the department’s 24-hour switchboard number at 012 351 1000.

In the spirit of Christmas, Home Affairs Minister Siyabonga Cwele is set to hand out birth certificates to the parents of “Christmas babies” in KwaZulu-Natal.

Eskom has concluded the Section 189 process for its top executive structure, reducing the number of positions in the organisation.

The Presiding Officers of Parliament have called on motorists to practice patience and exercise caution on the road to help reduce the carnage usually experienced during the festive season period.

The Baphalane community has welcomed the appointment of an administrator by Premier of the North West Professor Job Mokgoro as part of finding lasting solutions in the area.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has today convened a colloquium looking at interventions to grow the South African economy.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) Minister Senzeni Zokwana has granted interim relief fishers access to a portion of 140 tons of West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) offshore allocated to the small-scale fishing sector for the 2018/19 fishing season.

With the festive season in full swing, over 200 000 travellers have been processed at Beit Bridge Border Post from 1 to 17 December 2018.

The High Court in Johannesburg has found baby Daniel’s stepfather guilty of murder and child abuse, while the baby’s mother has been found guilty of child abuse and negligence.

The preliminary mid-festive season report shows that road fatalities have increased in all provinces, except for Gauteng, which has recorded a 10% decrease.