South Africa

Pretoria – South Africans, who wish to apply for special votes for the upcoming general election, have until 5pm on Thursday, 17 April, to do so.

Mbombela – A total of 120 young people in Mpumalanga have received certificates of recognition after completing their training in the manufacturing of stainless steel and furniture.

Badplass – Mpumalanga province has positioned itself to respond during fire season by putting 50 fire fighters through a course on wildfire prevention strategies.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, has signed a cooperation agreement with five associations operating in the Greater Newcastle region, to address disputes over routes and safeguard the lives of taxi operators and commuters.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant will next week lead a high-level South African delegation to a special session of the African Union Labour and Social Affairs Commission (AULSAC) in Windhoek, Namibia.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor will on Thursday open a new Home Affairs office in Mossel Bay, Western Cape, to improve services by bringing facilities closer to the people.

Port Elizabeth – With just a few weeks left before the official end of the current term of government, President Jacob Zuma has expressed satisfaction about government’s performance in the Nelson Mandela Bay region of the Eastern Cape, over the past five years.

Pretoria - Nearly one million tourists visited South Africa in December 2013, with most of the tourists coming from the SADC region, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday.

Thaba Nchu – Winds of change are blowing over the country’s rural landscape, with the National Rural Youth Service Corp (Narysec) set to change the development path of these areas by fighting unemployment.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission is finalising candidate lists following the conclusion of the objection and appeal process, in which only a single objection was upheld by the IEC.

Pretoria - Denel’s latest products in the land defence arena and missile technology are on display at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition, which is underway in Malaysia.

Pretoria - The R60 million electricity distribution substation in the North West is set to be completed by the end of May.

Thaba Nchu - A graduate of the National Rural Youth Corps (Narysec), Colbert Mabasa, 29, has hailed the programme as a skills development hub, which creates invaluable job opportunities for the youth.

Port Elizabeth – As residents of New Brighton in Port Elizabeth started making their way to a local community hall, where President Jacob Zuma is due to address them later this morning, the focus has shifted to the Eastern Cape as one of the important provinces to South Africa’s economic growth.

Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise has condemned the stoning of cars near Rooigrond informal settlement on the Mahikeng-Lichtenburg road on Monday evening.