South Africa

Pretoria - The Presidential Labour Working Group is expected to meet this week to discuss matters relating to the economy, as well as other socio-economic issues.

Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has called on young people to emulate the youth of 1976 in their desire for quality education in a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous country.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has called on members of the public not to attack and block Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel from accessing and exiting their communities during protests.

Pretoria - The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, is expected to launch the Vaal Gamagara Water Supply Scheme and the Vaal Gamagara quality control laboratory in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has launched its new cycle of the Working for the Coast (WftC) project during World Oceans Day celebrations in Durban.

Pretoria - The Presidency has wished former President President Thabo Mbeki a happy birthday as he turned 74 on Saturday.

Pretoria – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Saturday kicked off the construction phase of a R30 million science centre facility at a sod-turning event in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria – Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has called on the youth to make use of the many opportunities that government has made available to them.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Friday welcomed 80 young cadets who are to be trained in various aspects of the department.

Thohoyandou - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi is confident young people in the Maniini village, near Thohoyandou will embrace reading at a new state-of-the-art mobile library.

Pretoria - While Eskom has not implemented load shedding in the past 10 months, the intermittent power interruptions experienced in Gauteng have been resolved.

Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has called on the nation to undertake some serious introspection and come up with solutions to solve the challenge of violent protests.

Johannesburg - The struggle and sacrifices of the class of 1976 were not in vain, as South Africans defeated the apartheid government, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu has added his voice to the calls for youth to take advantage of the opportunities created for them.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has warned learners, including graduates seeking employment, about a scam promising 700 learnerships at the department.