South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa’s growth prospects have weakened in the current global and domestic environment, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Friday.

 Port Elizabeth - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has on Friday kicked off a two-day anti-poverty programme in the Eastern Cape with a visit to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.

Pretoria - The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has unveiled a multimillion rand youth skills development and entrepreneurship programme targeting 10 000 young people in the City of Tshwane.

Pretoria – The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) says allegations made by the Mail & Guardian on the department’s capability to deliver professional bulk buying services are untrue and misleading.

Pretoria – The Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation says it is pleased with the progress made by the Free State and Limpopo provinces in light of the development, maintenance and management of sport facilities.

President Jacob Zuma has signed five new into law.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has announced the names of the two new universities government will be building in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.

Johannesburg - Expropriation of land without compensation is not a government policy, says Gauteng MEC for Rural Development and Land Reform, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will be on a diplomatic blitz in the next few days, which will see her visiting three countries.

Pretoria – Gauteng hospitals will, from Friday, be allowed to order medical products directly from pharmaceutical companies in a bid to end the delays in hospitals and clinics getting their medical supplies.

Pretoria – The South African National Roads Agency Limited says that reports that it has run out of money are factually incorrect.

Cape Town – The new smart ID card, which the Department of Home Affairs expects to start rolling out to the public within the next three months, demonstrates again what South Africa as a country is capable of, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said today after receiving the new ID card.

Pretoria – An alleged serial rapist, who was due to appear in court on charges of raping 34 children and two women, has committed suicide in his cell shortly before his appearance.

Pretoria - Group Five has been appointed to manage PetroSA’s 2013 maintenance shutdown, said the national oil company on Thursday.

Pretoria - Calm has returned to Eskom’s Medupi power plant this morning, following protest action by between 500 and 1000 workers at the Limpopo plant on Wednesday.