South Africa

Cape Town – Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu says there has been a decrease in the value of fruitless and wasteful expenditure since the 2013/14 financial year.

Mahikeng – President Jacob Zuma has urged those who have been abused - regardless of gender and age - not to remain silent and report the abuse to authorities.

Pretoria - The national Department of Health has launched a mobile application that seeks to improve primary health care services in the health sector in South Africa.

Cape Town – Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu says he has noted a slight improvement in the audit outcomes for national and provincial departments and their entities in this year’s audit results.

The festive season is just around the corner. It is that time of the year that every one of us wants to spend with family and friends. During this time, even convicts in correctional centres get so desperate to escape from prisons to spend Christmas with loved ones that they would do anything to get out of prison.

Pretoria – Grade 12 learners and students, who want to apply for financial assistance to study at any of the selected public universities and TVET colleges in the 2016 academic year, have until 30 November to submit their applications.

Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the Zimbabwe Special Permit programme is at its final stages of conclusion.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has thwarted two attempts to smuggle illicit cigarettes worth R4.2 million at the Limpopo border post.

Pretoria - The South African government has confirmed that it is ready to host the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

South Africa is one of the leading countries in Africa to have made progress in providing access to education for disabled children.

Pretoria - South African businesses have been called on to take advantage of the Gabonese Investment Fund.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is concerned about senior management movements at South African Airways (SAA), said the Ministry of Finance.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Health Department says services at Helen Joseph Hospital will be suspended on Wednesday to make way for the scheduled installation of a change-over switch for all the hospital’s generators.

Johannesburg – The Department of Basic Education has received a donation of R117 million – to be made over a period of 10 years - from the Motsepe Foundation towards sporting and cultural competitions.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed retired Judge Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane as Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the remuneration and conditions of service in the public service and public entities.