South Africa

Pretoria - The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service continues to monitor the hotspots amid an increase in the number of fires reported around the Peninsula in recent days.

Pretoria - The University of Johannesburg (UJ) says registration processes are proceeding smoothly since they commenced on Monday, and it intends to maintain that until the closing on 3 February.

Pretoria - The North West province has dispatched a team of disaster management officials to inspect the extent of damage caused by the heavy rainfalls.

Pretoria – Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has distanced himself from four Facebook accounts, which were falsely opened in his name.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela says R20 million has been set aside for 5 676 second chance opportunities for matrics who did not pass their 2015 finals.

Pretoria - Members of the media are invited to submit their entries for the 2016 SADC Media Awards Competition.

Pretoria – Preliminary statistics show that over 1 700 people died on the country’s roads over the festive season.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says more than five million travellers went through South African borders over the festive season.

Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says it will hand over 7 000 title deeds to the rightful beneficiaries of government’s low cost subsidy programme by March 2016.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has distanced itself from a fake notice regarding applications for the department’s Funza Lushaka Programme, which made rounds on social media platforms recently.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education has committed to giving more support to schools in 2016, especially those situated in struggling districts.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal MEC of Finance Belinda Scott says all public servants, especially those tasked with dealing with public funds, must be ready to deliver in 2016.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says government has set aside an additional R6.912 billion to support university education.

Pretoria - The Presidency says an article published by the Independent Newspapers group has distorted what President Jacob Zuma said about racism over the weekend.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has called on all South Africans to work together to campaign against racism, sexism, tribalism and other forms of discrimination in society.