South Africa

Pretoria – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has called on employers to submit their payroll data, as today is the deadline.

Pretoria – Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has maintained that the deaths of teenage boys at initiation schools are due to people using the cultural practice for financial gain.

Pretoria - The movements of the rand, which has to date weakened to a four-year low against the US dollar, are slightly exaggerated, says Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Daniel Mminele.

Pretoria – The current trend in the continent of gaining political power unconstitutionally has to be halted, says International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called for an urgent inter-governmental intervention to find alternative accommodation for over 1 000 households who are facing eviction from the Meiringspark/Ratanang informal settlement in Klerksdorp.

Cape Town – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has named South Africa’s top seven police investigators.

Cape Town – Crime levels in South Africa are dropping, with more people - contrary to popular discourse - feeling safer and appreciative of government’s fight against crime, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.

Pretoria - Rural development is the central pillar of the struggle against unemployment, poverty and inequality in the Gauteng provincial government.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is using its preferential procurement to drive inclusive economic empowerment by government.

Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial government says it will increase support to farmers to help them improve their access to markets.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana will be without Sweden-based midfielder May Mahlangu, striker Tokelo Rantie and Russia-based defender Siyanda Xulu in the friendly match against Lesotho on Sunday at the Setsoto Stadium in Maseru, Lesotho.

Johannesburg – As unemployment, especially amongst young people, remains a big challenge for global economies, the Gauteng Provincial Government has decided to increase the number of youth enterprise township hubs to help tackle the scourge.

Pretoria - Mothers can abuse their children, a once abused woman told the Conference on Orphans, Children and Youth made vulnerable by HIV and Aids, which concludes today in Durban.

Mbombela - More than R350 million has been set aside to enhance security and police visibility in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - The process of fixing the sinkhole on the Ben Schoeman freeway, south of Jean Avenue in Centurion, has been completed, Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Ismail Vadi announced on Thursday.