South Africa

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi has commended the role played by the WeedBuster awareness campaign in job creation.

Pretoria - An audacious bid to set aside a conference that led to the formation of an umbrella body for military veterans has been set aside by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

Giyani - The Limpopo provincial government and the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) have stepped in to reopen consultation processes to consider creating a separate municipality for the Malamulele area.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says there have been major developments in the education sector, particularly in the transformation of the curriculum.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has condemned the murder of two children in Diepsloot, calling on the community to work together with police to find the perpetrators.

Pretoria – Deputy Chief Land Claims Commissioner Thami Mdontswa has told Parliament he expects the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill to be finalised by the end of December.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane, along with several members of the Executive Council, have met with members of the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), her office said.

Johannesburg - Life is slowly changing for the better for the community of Eldorado Park following government’s intervention to rid the area of the scourge of drug abuse.

Johannesburg – Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says he wants to see progress on how federations have transformed when the country celebrates 20 years of democracy.

Pretoria - The fight against the importation of sub-standard products will continue, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies said on Tuesday.

Harare - Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Authority says more than 100 elephants in the country have been killed by poachers using toxic cyanide in one of Africa's prime elephant sanctuaries over the past two months.

Pretoria - The South African Police Services (SAPS) says it has approved the Local Criminal Record Centres’ (LCRC) overtime plan and that overtime due would be paid out.

Mashishing - There will be no electricity cut-off in the troubled Thaba Chweu local municipality in Mpumalanga, the provincial government has assured.

Pretoria - Eskom and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are to sign a R1.3 billion loan agreement, the power parastatal has announced.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says people who torture and murder children have no place in South Africa.