South Africa

South Africa on Monday maintained that US President Donald Trump’s tweet last week, about the land redistribution programme, was based on false information.

Social Development Deputy Minister, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, has welcomed civil society organisations’ initiatives to work towards the launch of the national dyslexia network, the first organisation in the disability sector in South Africa.

Agricultural organisations have signed a declaration of intent on land reform that will help government to transform the sector.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has completed the construction of Cornelis River Dam.

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Advocate Michael Masutha, has undertaken to assist the Fees Must Fall campaign student activists to approach the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).

South Africa experienced an increase of births in 2017 - growing from 969 415 to 989 318 - Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Monday.

The Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Summit which was scheduled to take place on Friday this coming week has been postponed to 1 and 2 November 2018.

The City of Ekurhuleni’s commitment to deliver 100 000 housing units is in full swing, with some of its mega housing projects already taking shape.

In a keynote address at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ (DAFF) Female Farmer of the Year awards, Minister Senzeni Zokwana said women must benefit from land expropriation without compensation.

Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa was on Sunday sworn in as the country’s President in a historic ceremony held in Harare.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the successful implementation of land reform must take place alongside initiatives that will ensure inclusive economic growth.

A R5 million boost to the Graskop Gorge Lift Company in Mpumalanga by the Tourism Transformation Fund will jump-start more development in the popular Panorama Route.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the completion of phase 1 of an on-campus student residence at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) will go a long way in ensuring the safety of students.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says opportunities in the biodiversity economy have the potential to unlock the country’s rural economy and lift rural people out of poverty.

The epitome of strength, courage and perseverance, this is how Mama Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe has been described by her granddaughter, Otua Sobukwe-Whyte.