South Africa

Pretoria - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it will today file the application for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence of Oscar Pistorius.

Pretoria - Denmark is expected to improve trade relations with South Africa following a meeting between the two countries’ trade ministers.

Johannesburg - Police will no longer update the media on the murder investigation of Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates skipper, Senzo Meyiwa, until they have made sufficient progress with their investigation.

Pretoria - Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula has sent condolences to the family of former Springbok player Tinus Linee, who passed away on Monday morning.

Pretoria - Director of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa Project, Dr Bernie Fanaroff, will retire from the SKA Project Office at the end of 2015.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education says the Umalusi standardisation process will consider the issue of load shedding and its possible negative impact on learners’ results to ensure that no learner is disadvantaged due to load shedding.

Pretoria - The Department of Social Development in Western Cape has launched an investigation into serious allegations of elder abuse at the unregistered Serendipity Old Age Home.

Pretoria - No load-shedding is anticipated for tomorrow, power utility Eskom said on Monday.

Pretoria – The process of finalising the National Disability Rights Policy, which includes a monitoring and Evaluation Framework is at an advanced stage, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Monday.

Pretoria - The severe structural damage to the East Road Bridge, which cuts across the N12 freeway near Eldorado Park, is a serious risk to motorists, says Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi.

Johannesburg - Power utility Eskom says there will be load shedding across South Africa from this Sunday. Wednesday evening and the whole of Thursday are marked as high risk for power cuts.

Pretoria – Power utility Eskom says the power system is projected to be severely constrained due to the loss of 1 800 MW at the Majuba power station on Saturday.

Pretoria - Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom will lead a delegation of South African tourism marketers and product owners to the annual World Travel Market (WTM) tourism trade expo in London this week.

Johannesburg - Public service innovators gathered at Emperor’s Palace, in Kempton Park, on Friday evening to be honoured for their innovations.

Pretoria - South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday returned to the country from his four-legged visit to African countries.