South Africa

Pretoria - Victims of land repossession, who missed the original land claim deadline, have been granted an opportunity to lodge their claims, until 2019.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has expressed outrage and concern about the rate at which police officers continue to be killed by criminals.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs says it is studying the judgement of the Western Cape High Court, regarding the implementation of the new immigration regulations.

Pretoria - About 220 000 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers in the steel and metal sector are downing tools in a nationwide strike that starts today.

Mafikeng – Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has urged North West youth to take their studies seriously as it will enable them to participate in the running of the country.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has given the Marikana Commission of Inquiry more time to complete its work.

Pretoria - A 33-year-old man, who has been linked to more than 30 crimes in Seshego, Limpopo, has been arrested.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has assented to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act and the Property Valuation Act of 2014.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will be one of several panelists, who will participate at the upcoming meeting of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Pretoria - The Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Association of Public Account Committee (APAC) have taken accountability and good governance a step higher.

Pretoria - Governments have the responsibility to ensure that policies affirm the complicated link between health and development, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Pretoria - The ministerial task team, tasked with investigating the manner in which the Lwandle evictions were carried out, will hold its first hearings in mid-July.

Pretoria - South African paralympian and murder accused Oscar Pistorius’s trial has resumed.

Pretoria - Limpopo Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Fanie Masemola, has condemned the killing of a police officer in Ritavi, in Tzaneen.

Johannesburg – Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Buti Manamela, says a new agenda is needed to fight youth challenges over the next five years.