South Africa

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has praised all those involved in the delivery of a successful 2014 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

Pretoria - The price of all grades of petrol will fall by 69 cents a litre in December, said the Department of Energy (DoE) on Friday.

Johannesburg - In an effort to continue providing better, faster and cost effective services to the public, communities around Gauteng and the North West will from Monday be able to access justice services closer to where they live.

Pretoria - Eskom will implement stage 2 rotational load shedding over the weekend in a bid to augment its water and diesel reserves for the week ahead, it said on Friday.

Pretoria - National Treasury on Friday published a multi-billion rand request for proposals (RFP) for the provision of an enterprise resource system (ERP).

Pretoria – Government says it is disappointed with a media report that attempts to discredit the collaborative efforts of the South African and Nigerian governments to repatriate the bodies of South Africans who died in Nigeria in September.

Boksburg – President Jacob Zuma says the fourth Pan-African Youth Union Congress currently underway in Gauteng is an important platform to give youth an opportunity to reflect on matters of development across the continent.

Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has received all the provincial infrastructure norms and standards implementation plans and will consider them before making them public.

Pretoria – Gauteng says plans to celebrate the life and memory of the late former President Nelson Mandela next week are at an advanced stage.

Pretoria - The State Owned Entities Communicators Association (SOECA) and the State Owned Enterprises Procurement Forum (SOEPF) have congratulated the 79 public entities that received clean or unqualified audit opinions with no findings for the year 2013/14.

Cape Town – Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says due to the current energy challenges, the country is faced with a tough few years ahead.

Pretoria - This weekend will see a very high risk of load shedding as the power system remains constrained, says Eskom.

Pretoria – Public Works Deputy Minister Jeremy Cronin says the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) continu

Pretoria - The Central Energy Fund (CEF) has rescinded the appointment of Tshepo Kgadima as director and chairperson of PetroSA.

Pretoria - Ithuba Holdings has been awarded the third licence to operate the National Lottery, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said on Thursday.