South Africa

Carletonville - When Oupa Sonopi started working in the mine at the age of 25, he

Pretoria – Survivors of road accidents will benefit from a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) and South African Local Government Association (Salga) in Pretoria on Friday.

Pretoria – Around 400 stakeholders in the communal land sector have converged in Johannesburg for a two-day indaba to offer their inputs into the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s policies.

Johannesburg - The Consumer Goods and Services Industry Code of Conduct, which obligates suppliers to have proper complaint handling processes in place to resolve disputes, came into effect today.

Johannesburg – South Africa as a foreign direct investment destination is regarded as one of the best on the continent.

Pretoria – The Ministry of State Security has welcomed the court decision to dismiss an application to prohibit the use of signal jamming devices in Parliament by the State Security Agency.

Pretoria – Clive Derby-Lewis, incarcerated for the role he played in the murder of SA Communist Party leader Chris Hani, is to be released on medical parole.

Johannesburg – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has assured the country that there will be no television “black out” beyond the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) deadline of 17 June 2015 to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting.

Pretoria – Eskom says it has enough generating capacity to meet the current power demand and there is no planned load shedding.

Pretoria - The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has on behalf of local government congratulated the newly - elected Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Danny Jordaan.

Pretoria – The South African Police Service (SAPS) says a study conducted by the University of Johannesburg regarding the public order policing unit and the R3.3 billion budget proposal submitted to the Portfolio Committee on Police is a deliberate misinterpretation of facts.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma will be among the dignitaries attending the inauguration of Nigerian President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, on Friday.

Pretoria - South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg have discovered close to 10kg of cocaine hidden in a false compartment of a female passenger’s luggage.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has determined that President Jacob Zuma is not liable to pay a portion of the security upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.

Pretoria – Newly elected Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Dr Danny Jordaan has committed to addressing challenges of education, unemployment, economic development and drug abuse in the metropolitan municipality.