South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma met with Finance Minister Pravin Ghordan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas on Tuesday in Cape Town, ahead of the 2016 Budget Speech.

Pretoria - The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) will closely monitor the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA) following the Auditor General’s finding that more than R550 million had been irregularly spent at the entity in the last financial year.

Pretoria - South Africa will soon send a team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement a military strategy for that country.

Pretoria - The Presidency says Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha will, upon completion of internal processes, submit King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s application for pardon to President Jacob Zuma for a decision.

Pretoria – The man accused of claiming there was a plot to assassinate President Jacob Zuma and sending threatening smses to high profile government officials has appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.

Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom says a successful and growing tourism industry will provide the means for social and economic development on a vast scale in Africa.

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has met with Cricket South Africa (CSA).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday lead an African Union high level delegation of Heads of State and Government to Bujumbura in Burundi, says the Department of International Relations and Corporation (DIRCO).

Pretoria – The Gauteng Province is to upgrade William Nicol Drive up to the N14 freeway for R576 million as part of Gauteng’s infrastructure development plans.

Pretoria – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and South African Police Service (SAPS) continue to participate diligently in conflict prevention and peacekeeping in the continent.

Pretoria - South Africa and the United States have resolved all outstanding issues relating to agricultural imports from the US.

Pretoria - Government has confirmed that it has received a consignment of banknotes from a plane that had been impounded in Zimbabwe.

Pretoria – South Africa attracted R64.3 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first three quarters of the current financial year, surpassing the target of R45 billion, says Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has commended the improvement of over 198 waste water plants in municipalities during the 2014 Green Drop assessment period.

Pretoria - Thirty-four suspects have been arrested for drug-related crimes and nine cases have been registered during operations by police in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg.