South Africa

Pretoria - At least six people have died in a head-on collision at the R503, just five kilometres outside of the Rooigrond Correctional Centre, in the North West.

Johannesburg – A security officer at the Langlaagte Licensing and Testing Department got the shock of her life when Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, accompanied by Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Ismail Vadi, conducted a surprise visit there on Monday.

Pretoria - The Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, has instructed the school management of Jardao College, in Johannesburg, to write a letter of apology to parents of Grade 10-12 girl learners at the school.

Pretoria - Government has called on all South Africans to commemorate Youth Month.

Pretoria - Nearly 90 000 orphans and vulnerable children have been assisted through the Department of Social Development’s Isibindi model.

Pretoria - A local KwaZulu-Natal Inkosi has been selected among a few Africans to participate in an Obama Fellowship exchange programme in the United States.

Pretoria – The Department of Labour is to undertake a series of hearings to allow employees in the domestic workers sector to have a say in the determination of their new wage structure and other conditions of employment.

Johannesburg - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has encouraged the youth to fight against combating the challenges of poverty, unemployment and the spread of HIV and Aids.

Pretoria – For the country to achieve its desired economic growth levels, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) – an independent statutory body – says government should avoid imposing a debt-ceiling as a method of debt control.

Johannesburg – Learners from a variety of Gauteng schools will on 7 June have the opportunity to take the “My History Educational Tour” on the 1976 youth uprisings in Soweto.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is deeply saddened by the passing away of the struggle stalwart Ayesha (Bibi) Dawood at the weekend.

Pretoria - An amount of R16 million has been allocated for the construction of more Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres of excellence across the City of Cape Town.

Delft – As the country observes Child Protection Week, children have made an earnest appeal to parents and adults to protect, love and let them be children.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti)’s business delegation has arrived in Peru for the first leg of an Outward Trade and Investment Mission (OTIM).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated all the winners of the 2014 Comrades Marathon, in particular, Bongumusa Mthembu, who won the 89km race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, on Sunday.