South Africa

Pretoria - The second round of South African students, who received scholarships from Sweden, will depart soon.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims that their members, who were deployed at the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Congo (MONUSCO), are stranded.

Pretoria - There is currently no planned load shedding as there is enough generating capacity to meet the demand, Eskom said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a working visit to London, the United Kingdom, the Presidency said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - DNA samples from rhino horn recovered from a Chinese national in Mozambique have arrived in South Africa.

Pretoria - Mining, agro-processing and construction will be the focus of the newly-established South Africa-Peru Chamber of Commerce (SAPCHAM), said the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday attend the inauguration of Nigeria's President-elect Muhammadu Buhari.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says South Africa is making steady progress in building an inclusive economy that will create jobs.

Pretoria - Due to a shortage of generating capacity, Eskom will implement stage one load shedding from 5pm until 10pm, this evening.

Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says no school will be allowed to exclude a learner on the basis of language.

Pretoria - The percentage of learners who attended no fee schools increased from 62.4% in 2013 to 65.4% in 2014, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - Police chiefs from the Southern Africa region have taken time out of their busy schedules to look at ways to intensify efforts to ensure that criminals who are involved in cross-border crimes have no place to hide.

Pretoria – Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha today announced a reshuffle in the province’s Executive Council.

Pretoria - Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, does not participate in board meetings where decisions to remove South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board members are processed, says Department of Communications.

Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has condemned the alleged tampering of employment letters by two officials.