Pretoria - Newly appointed Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson Glenton Vuma Mashinini says he is ready to execute his duties at the electoral commission, as it readies itself for the 2016 municipal elections.
Pretoria – Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande says the department is in the process of modelling various possible funding methods for universities.
Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Pravin Gordhan has commended the City of Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau and his team for the quick response to the collapsed bridge incident in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Pretoria - Freedom Park is collaborating with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, based in Pretoria, in hosting an exhibition entitled “Signs of Solida”, meaning signs of solidarity.
Pretoria – Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development Lebogang Maile has expressed concern at the high levels of hunger as well as an overly concentrated and expensive food system.
Pretoria - Water shortages will be a thing of the past for the communities of Colesberg in the Northern Cape.
Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says university fees must be more responsive to the economic and social needs of the country.
Pretoria - Wits vice chancellor Adam Habib is this morning set to meet with students who have been protesting at the university to hear their grievances and find a resolution, the university said.
Pretoria - Bilateral relations between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be further boosted today.
Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) came out glowing at the Department of Labour’s inaugural Employment Equity Awards, aimed at recognising employers who promote equal opportunity, diversity and fair treatment in the workplace.
Pretoria - South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared the first decade of their Bi-National Commission a “resounding success”.
Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says government’s efforts to restore the dignity of the residents of Langa through the roll-out of integrated human settlements have paid off.
Pretoria – Former paralympian Oscar Pistorius will be placed under correctional supervision as from 20 October 2015, the Department of Correctional Services has announced.
Pretoria – The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) is to embark on an intensive campaign to educate beneficiaries about unauthorised deductions on their social grant payments.
Pretoria - Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo has stepped down as chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the Remuneration and Conditions of Service in the Public Service and Public Entities.
