South Africa

Pretoria – The resolutions adopted at the 25th African Union (AU) Summit, held in Sandton, at the beginning of the month, have been welcomed by Cabinet.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved four amended bills including the introduction of the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, 2015 into Parliament.

Pretoria – Two South African children who are being repatriated from Malawi are expected to arrive back into the country this afternoon.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has commenced mandatory curtailments in the distribution of water in some municipalities in the province.

There is an old Chinese saying: “When you want to make the lives of the community better, then build a road”. Building of roads and public transport infrastructure therefore goes beyond asphalt and bitumen.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it has noted a report alleging that South African troops are top of the list of sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrators.

Pretoria – The South African Revenue Service (Sars) says customs officials discovered 200 explosive detonating devices in a bus from Zimbabwe at the Beitbridge border post this week.

Pretoria – The implementation of the Immigration Regulations has not significantly affected the numbers of people travelling into South Africa.

Pretoria – There is no load shedding taking place currently as Eskom has adequate generating capacity to meet the demand in electricity, the power utility said on Thursday morning.

Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated that he has divested from the Shanduka Group and holds no mining interests.

Walvis Bay - The level at which South Africans are embracing digital migration indicates their eagerness to get decoders known as Set Top Boxes (STB’s) to enjoy crystal clear quality pictures, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations in respect of certain affairs of the Eastern Cape Department of Education, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - Government has reiterated the view that all the deaths that occurred in Marikana in August 2012 should be equally condemned.

Pretoria - As the country commemorates 60 years of the Freedom Charter, Brand South Africa has called on all South Africans to play their part in moving the country towards socio-economic growth and development.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pamela Tshwete, is leading a South African delegation of technical officials and engineers to the Water Resources Infrastructure Conference in Zimbabwe.