South Africa

Pretoria - Learners across the country will today sit for their final 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will table the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament today.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says while the work of rating agencies has an impact on the global economy, their economic ratings do not impact on agreements signed between South Africa and other countries.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Transport has sent its condolences to the family of the victim of a train accident that happened on Johannesburg’s East Rand near Tembisa on Monday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has given notice of his intention to suspend two Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions, Advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi from office pending an enquiry into their fitness to hold office.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has held a successful bilateral engagement with her Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz, the Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.

Cape Town – The Department of Environmental Affairs says emission reduction options in the power sector remain a priority to meet the country’s overall greenhouse gas reduction targets over the coming few years.

Pretoria – The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) will increase wages for its participants from R78.86 per day or per task performed to R83.59.

Pretoria - President Zuma has extended condolences to the people of Qatar following the passing of former Qatari Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani at the age of 84 years.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo will lead a South African delegation to the 16th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is in Luanda, Angola, for a meeting aimed at discussing the peace and security situation in the DRC.

Pretoria - Eskom will host the 28th African Hydro Symposium (AHS), which gets underway today at the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - A woman travelling from Sao Paolo, Brazil, was intercepted with 8kg of cocaine worth R2.3 million at OR Tambo International Airport.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has extended his condolences to the people of Cameroon following the tragic train accident between Yaounde and Douala.

Pretoria - The scheduled switch off of analogue transmitters in the core towns of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) area in the Northern Cape on Friday is a milestone that must celebrated by all South Africans, says the Department of Communications Acting Director General, Ndivhuho Munzhelele.