South Africa

President Jacob Zuma will on Saturday receive a courtesy call from South Sudan President Salva Kiir at his official residence Mahlamba Ndlofu, in Pretoria.

Government has announced the appointment of new board members at Eskom, as an immediate measure to strengthen governance and management at the parastatal.

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has described the death of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) specialist, Libby Lloyd, as a great loss to the ICT sector.

In recent years, South Africa has made great strides towards providing support to those infected and affected with HIV.

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of the former leader of Bophuthatswana, Kgosi Lucas Mangope.

The national minimum wage will be reviewed on 1 May of each year, in line with government’s aim of alleviating poverty in the labour market.

The South African government says it wants to change the perception that the successful crime-busting Operation Fiela was about targeting foreign nationals rather than addressing social ills.

The Department of Basic Education has encouraged learners who are subjected to initiation practices at their school to report it to their parents immediately.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has condemned the stabbing of a teacher at Bosele Middle School in Manyeding Village near Kuruman in the Northern Cape, allegedly at the hands of a pupil.

South Africa and India have committed to strengthen trade relations between the two countries in 2018.

Cape Town residents will from February be limited to using 50 litres of water per person per day for the next 150 days, as "Day Zero" draws closer.

President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Lesetja Kganyago on his appointment as the new chairperson of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC).

Fee Free Higher Education is on the minds of Twitter users as demonstrated by the questions posed to the Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela during his #ASKDMManamela live Twitter chat.

The repurchase rate will remain unchanged at 6.75% per annum, Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has announced.

Thousands of child support grant beneficiaries will get a chance to break away from the cycle of poverty, when they enter institutions of higher learning, thanks to government’s social protection interventions and their good matric performance.