South Africa

Pretoria - Limpopo Premier Chupu Mathabatha has announced that he will soon be appointing a new MEC for Education.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday conveyed his deepest condolences to the family, the government and the people of Tanzania on the passing on of Brigadier General Hashim Mbita.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, has encouraged learners to consider Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges (TVET) as their alternative to university education.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will on Thursday hand over Dorrington Matsepe Primary School in Kroonstad as part of the department’s programme of building 527 brand new schools across South Africa.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the decision by Sasol to withdraw legal action against her and the National Air Quality Officer in the High Court.

Pretoria – A Board of Inquiry has been set up to investigate the root course of yesterday’s train accident at the Denver train station, near Johannesburg.

Pretoria - The State Security Ministry says Minister David Mahlobo is committed to meeting with various stakeholders regarding the work of his portfolio.

Pretoria - Leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting this morning in Zimbabwe for their Extraordinary Summit.

Lagos - Up to 300 unidentified females have been rescued by Nigerian troops in the northeast Sambisa forest, following a daring and precise operation on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family who lost their loved one during a fatal train collision in Denver, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said all South Africans must be mobilised to work together to achieve total freedom and economic growth.

Pretoria – The establishment of a covert intelligence unit within the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has harmed the public’s confidence in the revenue service, the SARS Advisory Board (SAB) said on Tuesday.

Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says the criminal justice system is ready to deal with the perpetrators of attacks on foreign nationals.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe has reassured the country and the world that peace and calm have returned to communities that were affected by attacks on foreign nationals.

Pretoria – The Inter-Ministerial Committee -- appointed by President Jacob Zuma to deal with the attacks on foreign nationals -- has announced the names of the people killed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.