South Africa

Pretoria – The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana, is set to visit agriculture colleges as part of Government Imbizo Focus Week.

Pretoria - Government says it has noted the comments made by the former Chief Operating Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and a group of artists during a media briefing held on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Eskom has invested millions in renewable power, specifically in research in this ever expanding field.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has announced major new investment in university infrastructure, which will see government spending R7 billion on a range of projects countrywide.

Pretoria – The Ekurhuleni Municipality will over the next five years roll out six Mega Housing Projects in an effort to respond to the prevalent human settlement backlog within the city.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor will leave for Portugal tonight to attend a high level two-day science dialogue in the Azores.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has called on members of the public to provide written inputs on three strategies that are aimed at leveraging technology to modernise service delivery.

Pretoria - The Department of Social Development says the reports that Minister Bathabile Dlamini used a Cash Paymaster Service (CPS) chartered flight to attend the funeral of Dumisani Mafu in the Eastern Cape are malicious.

Pretoria - The City of Ekurhuleni is to spend R94 million to improve its capacity to deal with emergency situations in the region.

Pretoria - The interim report released by the Basic Education Ministerial Task Team (MTT) has found that textbooks used in South African schools generally adopt a mildly inclusive approach to diversity.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison has thanked road users in the province for their good driver behaviour over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramphosa says he is supportive of Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and his team who are heading to the United States of America (USA) for the forthcoming International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs has noted media reports regarding a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Paul Joseph Mukungubila, who had entered South Africa as an asylum seeker.

Pretoria – Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina has announced a R2.4 billion programme for the electrification of informal settlements across Ekurhuleni, with over 16 000 households to be completed by the end of this financial year.

Pretoria - The South African Post Office (Sapo) has warned members of the public to be on alert of a parcel delivery scam designed to defraud them.