South Africa

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has launched the inaugural National Sports Week.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says Cuba is an opening market and it is wise for South African companies to invest in that country.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says Cabinet Ministers are bound by the prescripts of the Executive Ethics Code, which blocks them from misusing their positions of authority to benefit themselves.

Pretoria – The Presidency says it can confirm a summons has been served on the lawyers of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arising from the Marikana tragedy.

Pretoria – BRICS member states – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - share many similarities when it comes to competition policy, South Africa’s Competition Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele says.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says minors travelling from visa-exempt countries will no longer need to produce an unabridged birth certificate and parental consent at South Africa’s ports of entry.

Pretoria - A woman has been sentenced to a year in prison without the option of paying a fine for using the identity of another woman to obtain a driver’s licence.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says it would not be appropriate for him to comment on processes related to the Marikana civil claims as summons have been served on him.

Cape Town – Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu, has called on motorists to hoot and switch on their vehicle hazard lights for five minutes, on 19 November, to raise awareness on violence against women and children.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says South Africa has made significant progress in terms of media transformation, however there is still much to be done.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has encouraged BRICS member states to look at how they can craft cooperation arrangements that will enable the sharing of technical expertise.

Pretoria - Residents of Mamelodi, east of Pretoria and the surrounding areas will no longer have to travel to town for shopping once the building of a mall at the Denneboom train station, has been completed.

Pretoria - The 2015 LIGHTS on Lightning Conference is expected to produce a scientific paper that presents South Africa's position on lightning research.

Pretoria - Eskom has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) for the evaluation and approval of the regulatory clearing account (RCA) balance for the first year of the third multi-year price determination (MYPD3) amounting to R22.8 billion.

Pretoria – The Transnet National Ports Authority (TPNA) on Thursday marked the completion of the building of its first tugboat in Durban.