South Africa

Pretoria - Police are investigating the deaths of five people at the Alexandra Police Station, north of Johannesburg.

Pretoria - The World Economic Forum on Africa, which kicked off in Cape Town, enters day two today.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his three-day working visit to Kenya and South Sudan.

Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derick Hanekom says several initiatives have been taken to address poor representation of black women in ownership as well as the insufficient representation of black people in the tourism sector.

Pretoria – South Africa’s creative economy has contributed R90.5 billion directly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the 2013/2014 financial year.

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has reiterated that the South African government did not participate in any bribery scheme for the country to secure the rights to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria – The fortunes of Alison Tembe changed for the better when he was handed the keys to his very own home by the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements this week.

Pretoria – The Borobala Diamond Cutting and Polishing cooperation has thanked the North West Department of Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for helping them to assess the functionality of its cooperation.

Pretoria - Transnet and the unions for bargaining unit employees (non-managerial staff) on Tuesday reached a three-year wage agreement.

Soweto - The State Security Agency is on a drive to attract South Africa’s youth into the intelligence community.

Cape Town – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan has welcomed the Auditor General’s report on municipalities, saying it shows a consistent improvement in almost all aspects of municipal audit outcomes.

Cape Town – Auditor General Kimi Makwetu says the number of municipalities and municipal entities with clean audits have increased notably.

Bloemfontein - New technologies are transforming the media landscape and creating new opportunities for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Bloemfontein - The Digital Migration Policy will see the roll-out of public service channels for youth and women, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - The number of inquiries to establish whether the names of job applicants are included in the Child Protection Register (CPR) show that child protection is being prioritised, says the Social Development Department.