South Africa

Pretoria - A woman trying to smuggle 100 cocaine cigar tubes worth R2 million was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

Pretoria – The South African government has congratulated track sprinter Wayde Van Niekerk for setting a new world record in the men’s 400 meters category at the Rio Olympics.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has started upgrading the Thukela-Goedertrouw Transfer Scheme to prevent the Richards Bay area from running out of water.

Pretoria - Power utility Eskom has been named as the top graduate employer of choice.

Pretoria - Government has not yet made a pronouncement on the 2017 universities fees and has called for patience to prevail until then.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has commended the Uniting Reformed Church (URC) for fostering social cohesion and its fearless contribution in the liberation struggle.

Pretoria – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen has approved a once-off gratuity to be paid to qualifying non-returning councillors after the 3 August Local Government Elections.

Pretoria – The South African government has condemned the wave of coordinated explosions in Thailand, which have resulted in the death of at least four people.

Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has urged the Uniting Reformed Church to continue promoting peace and fostering social cohesion, as it celebrates its 60-year anniversary today.

Cape Town - Twenty-two years into democracy, South Africa needs to address the issue of gender balance in the country’s courts by appointing more women as judges of the Constitutional Court, says Acting Deputy Chief Justice Bess Nkabinde.

Pretoria – Two alleged robbers are expected to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of armed robbery.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a seven-person panel to advise on an appropriate level at which the national minimum wage can be set.

Pretoria - The office of Minister Jeff Radebe has refuted claims made during the interview of Deputy Public Protector, Advocate Kevin Malunga, for the position of Public Protector.

Pretoria – South Africans should actively join in the rest of the global community in celebrating International Youth Day.

The successful local government elections held on August 3 build on the solid foundation laid by local government in the past 15 years. In this time remarkable progress has been made in accelerating the provision of basic services to the poor.