South Africa

Pretoria - As South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, Brand South Africa has called on the youth to be part of the country’s developmental revolution.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security, the Household Food and Nutrition Security Strategy and the Fetsa Tlala Food Production intervention, which will reduce poverty amongst the nation’s most vulnerable groups.

Pretoria - Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet and the MEC for Human Settlements, Helen Sauls-August, will on Friday, 27 September, hand over houses built under the Informal Settlements Upgrading Programme in Mayfield, Grahamstown.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation, Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha, has urged the youth to seize the opportunities provided by government to improve their living conditions.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has condemned in the strongest terms the murder of Environmental Affairs employee, Dorris Bongumusa Buthelezi.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will unveil the upgraded Egerton Bus Boycott Massacre Memorial Site in Mdantsane, as part of national Heritage Day celebrations, tomorrow.

Pretoria – Exports from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States have been on the rise due to a trade partnership between the two.

Pretoria - The use of ratios by the South African Police Services (SAPS) when it released the national crime statistics was not intended to deliberately confuse matters or hide anything.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in New York for the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA68).

Durban – The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu has expressed shock and sadness following the death of a Road Transport Inspectorate (RTI) Officer who was hit by a vehicle whilst trying to stop it for speeding on the N2 in Durban on Sunday.

Durban - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has paid special tribute to women police officers throughout the world for their “resilience, courage and determination” in the face of transformation and gender bias.

Pretoria - The South African Government has condemned the terrorist attack in Kenya in which a number of civilians including a South African national were killed.

Pretoria - Former KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize has left behind a good legacy of promoting efficiency, accessibility, good governance, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Nkoana-Mashabane has unveiled a statue of former President Nelson Mandela at the South African Embassy in Washington D.C, United States of America (USA).

Pretoria - As the media speculation continues over the identity of a man resembling the 1976 uprising hero, Mbuyisa Makhubu, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile, says the nation should wait for official DNA test results.