South Africa

Pretoria - The Firearms Control Act is aimed at strict and efficient gun control, says Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu.

Pretoria – South Africa and Portugal have strengthened their relations and explored new areas of co-operation, says Gauteng Premier David Makhura.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier David Makhura is due to hold talks with the leadership of the two major taxi associations in Mamelodi today.

Pretoria - Police have arrested 15 suspects during the seizure of drugs worth R3.5 million in East London, in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - Eskom has implemented stage 1 load shedding this morning due to increased electricity demand and a shortage of generation capacity.

Pretoria - Department of Trade and Industry (dti) Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina has urged business people who will participate in the upcoming Feira Internacional de Angola (FILDA) international trade exhibition later this month to make the most of this opportunity.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, says the withdrawal of taxi services in Mamelodi this morning is unfortunate and unnecessary.

Pretoria – The youth of Cala, in the Eastern Cape, have been encouraged to make the most of the opportunities created through government programmes to improve their lives.

Pretoria – An estimated total of seven million young girls miss four or five days of school in a month during their menstruation cycle due to the lack of sanitary towels.

Pretoria – The Department of Labour says it has found that the construction industry has a less than 50 percent rate of compliance to health and safety.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Saturday, 18 July, officially open a newly upgraded state-of-the-art school and participate in community development project activities in Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, in honour of Mandela Day.

Pretoria - Department of Trade and Industry (dti) Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina has assured South Africans that the Pretoria High Court’s decision will not lead to the suspension of the national lottery and that the lotto will continue.

Pretoria - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has ordered a probe into the conduct of two Mpumalanga doctors to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of a teenage mother at Evander Hospital.

Pretoria - As part of cleaning up the streets and making communities safer in line with the National Development Plan, police destroyed 14 382 firearms on Thursday.

Pretoria - As part of improving the living conditions of South Africa’s most impoverished citizens, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will on Friday take Project Mikondzo to residents of Mantsopa, in the Free State.