South Africa

Pretoria – Wage negotiations between the state and the public sector unions have resumed today.

Pretoria - Government is continuing to make significant progress in its engagement with various prospective nuclear vendor countries as part of expanding the nuclear new build programme.

Pretoria - Eskom has confirmed that a price increase will be implemented on 1 April 2015.

Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg’s Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) says it is ready to ensure safety over the Easter holiday.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs has warned that it will take disciplinary measures against employees threatening to down tools.

Pretoria – Struggle stalwart John Beaver (JB) Marks worked with immeasurable commitment and dedication to ensure that the ideals of the Freedom Charter, which proclaim that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, were achieved, said President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Sergeant Lesiba Sekele, one of the protectors of the late Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, has been laid to rest today.

Malamulele – The late Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, has been placed in his final resting place, on Human Rights Day, at the local cemetery near his ancestral village of Xikundu in Saselemani, Limpopo.

Malamulele - President Jacob Zuma says South Africans should use the tragic death of Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane and his two protectors to reflect deeply on road safety.

Uitenhage – As the country commemorates national Human Rights Day, Justice and Correctional Minister Michael Masutha has urged communities to stop looting shops owned by foreign nationals.

Malamulele – Matimba and Tsakani Chabane, the son and daughter of the late Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, have paid tribute to their loving father.

Malamulele – The official funeral service of the late Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, is currently underway at the Salema Sports Ground.

Malamulele – The casket of the late Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, has arrived in the marquee at the Salema Sports Ground, where the funeral service will take place.

Pretoria - As the late Minister of Public Service and Administration, Collins Chabane, is to be laid to rest today, so will one of his protectors, Lawrence Lentsoane.

Malamulele - Thousands of mourners dressed in ANC regalia and singing praise songs have arrived at the Salema Sport Grounds, where the funeral service of the late Minister will take place shortly after the cortege leaves the local church.