South Africa

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed reports that their members are stranded in bases across Sudan's Darfur region.

Pretoria - The Department of Tourism says the number of tourists arriving in South Africa every month has shot through the one million mark for the first time since 2009.

Pretoria - Sumitomo Rubber South Africa has invested R2 billion to expand and upgrade its KwaZulu-Natal based Dunlop manufacturing plant in Ladysmith.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Faith Mazibuko has congratulated new Springboks coach Allister Coetzee.

Pretoria – The Department of Social Development has urged mothers who are struggling to make a living to contact the department for help instead of participating in illegal activities such as drug smuggling.

Pretoria – The meeting between presiding officers and political party leaders on the recent Constitutional Court Judgment took place in “good spirit and was constructive”.

Pretoria - Media reports that Denel may have entered into a joint venture to form a company that will operate from a jurisdiction in Asia have been noted by National Treasury.

Pretoria - The Department of Justice will today know if their application to appeal Chris Hani’s killer’s release will be granted.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Education Department has suspended the registration period (pre-load period), which started on 11 April 2016 and was expected to end on 18 April 2016.

Cape Town – The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer says all tenders advertised by government will soon only be advertised in government’s eTender portal.

Pretoria - It’s all systems go for the upcoming local government elections, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen said on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Siyabonga Gama has been appointed as the new Group Chief Executive Officer for Transnet.

Johannesburg- More than ten political party leaders on Wednesday signed the Charter on Election Ethics to commit to play their part in ensuring that free and fair local government elections take place in August.

Pretoria – Since the launch of eHomeAffairs last week by President Jacob Zuma, 4088 citizens have made their online applications for IDs and passports.

Pretoria – The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (SITFE) has invested millions over the past 50 years into education by awarding bursaries to needy students.