South Africa

Soweto - Gauteng Premier David Makhura has weighed in on the violence in Soweto labelling the attacks as criminal activity and not xenophobia.

Pretoria - The Chamber of Mines of South Africa has welcomed the pronouncements by Mineral Resources Minister Advocate Ngoako Ramatlhodi that the sections pertaining to the regulation of Oil and Gas be separated from the mining legislation and the Bill to be passed as law.

Pretoria - Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development Ruth Bhengu has strongly condemned the violence directed at foreign business owners in Soweto.

Pretoria - Acting President Edna Molewa (Minister of Environmental Affairs) has extended condolences on behalf of government to the family of former National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi.

Pretoria - Acting President Edna Molewa (Minister of Environmental Affairs) has extended condolences on behalf of government to the family of Reverend Mcebisi Xundu.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce that its offices will close at 12h00 on Saturday due to a scheduled systems upgrade.

Pretoria – The Presidency says President Jacob Zuma’s interactive session with captains of industry at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has been productive.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Pravin Gordhan on Friday said a community meeting will be held in Malamulele, Limpopo, to stabilise the community unrest in the area.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana are expected to bounce back when they take on Senegal in their second group stage match of the 2015 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) at Mongomo stadium later this evening.

Pretoria – Westbury in the south of Johannesburg will be the first to benefit from a flagship project to build 10 multimillion rand state-of-the art multipurpose sports centres across Gauteng over the next five years.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has directed government to restore normalcy in Soweto and Malamulele, in Limpopo.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has extended condolences to the family and friends of an anti-apartheid struggle activist and religious leader, Reverend Mcebisi Xundu on his passing.

Pretoria – A South African national has been sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug-related offences, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) confirmed on Friday.

Pretoria - There is a large contingent of police in various areas of Soweto this morning to help control and arrest people who are looting and vandalising shops owned by foreign nationals.

Pretoria - While the power system remains constrained there should be no load-shedding if there are no faults in the system, power utility Eskom said.