South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ SA Agulhas II has embarked on a winter research expedition.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says it has identified extensive non-compliance within the formal and informal cash merchants environment, which includes merchants in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) wholesale and retail industry.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi has condemned in the strongest terms the disruption of schooling caused by members of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) in Soweto and Mamelodi.

Pretoria – A significant milestone has been reached in the settlement of the land claims lodged by the Mkhuzane and the Nodunga communities on properties previously owned by Mondi (Pty) Ltd.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the lifting of an embargo which prevented the transportation of legally acquired hunting trophies of the African lion, African elephant, rhinoceros and tiger.

Pretoria – The 44-year-old alleged drug mule arrested at OR Tambo International Airport this week was denied bail on Wednesday.

Pretoria – The Eastern Cape Department of Education has condemned the closure of 23 schools in Port Elizabeth by principals and residents in the past two days.

Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation and the City of Tshwane have decided to take immediate steps to address the recurring problem of sewage spillage at Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Pretoria.

Orange Farm – Public Employment Programmes have created more than a million work opportunities in the 2014/15 financial year, says the Presidency.

Pretoria – The power system is currently stable and Eskom will be able to perform maintenance on a power station unit without implementing load shedding, the power utility said on Thursday morning.

Pretoria – National Treasury has published for public comment two tax bills which provide the legislative amendments required to implement most of the tax proposals that were announced in the 2015 Budget in February.

Cape Town – The launch of a high-tech cargo container scanner is an “end game” for the trade of illicit goods, says South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Tom Moyane.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has launched a new online universal water information system.

Pretoria – Eskom says due to increased electricity demand and a shortage of generation capacity due to power station units being on maintenance, it will implement stage 1 load shedding from 5pm today.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has reminded the public to submit their comments on the draft National Liquor Policy Review.