South Africa

Pretoria - Government has expressed its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Nkosiphendule Kolisile.

Pretoria - The newly inaugurated Premier of Limpopo, Stanley Mathabatha, has officially announced his provincial cabinet.

Thabazimbi - A national park in Limpopo has suffered its first rhino poaching incident in a period of two years.

Pretoria - The newly inaugurated Premier of Limpopo, Stanley Mathabatha, is expected to make an official announcement on his provincial cabinet later this afternoon.

Pretoria - Operations at South African Airways (SAA) have not been disrupted following strike action, said the airline.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has thanked everyone who participated in the song and prayer for Madiba in schools all over the country.

Mthatha – Life will never be the same for siblings Lonwabo and Samkelo Dandala.

Pretoria – Reserve Bank Governor, Gill Marcus, has announced that the repo rate is to remain unchanged at 5 percent per annum.

Pretoria – The business community on Thursday congratulated former President Nelson Mandela on his 95th birthday.

Pretoria - A South African delegation, led by President Jacob Zuma, is in talks with representatives from the European Union (EU), where ways to boost trade and investment are being discussed.

Qunu – The Nelson Mandela Museum in the Eastern Cape used the icon’s 95th birthday celebrations on Thursday to instil a reading habit in the country’s children.

Johannesburg - Bunches of spinach grown by inmates, bottles of milk and blankets to keep the cold at bay, signaled the celebrating of a world icon as the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) came to the aid of an orphanage and a destitute home on Thursday.

Pretoria - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, says the African Union joins the world in wishing former President Nelson Mandela a happy and healthy 95th birthday.

Qunu – They sang together in one big voice “Nkosi sikelel’utata wethu” (God bless our father and may he live for many years to come).

Pretoria – Anti-apartheid icon and South Africa’s first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela’s legacy has yet again proved to be the gift that keeps giving, as thousands today answered the call of doing an act of good for their fellow man.