South Africa

Polokwane - Despite attempts to lower accidents during the Zion Christian Church's (ZCC) September pilgrimage to Moria, eight lives were lost on Limpopo roads this past weekend.

Pretoria – Matrics around the country on Monday got a taste of what awaits them in the final exams, as learners sat for the first day of preliminary exams.

Pretoria - Five illegal taverns have been closed down and fined to a total R83 500 in a blitz inspection operation in Polokwane and surrounding areas, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said on Monday.

Pretoria - Police in Limpopo have warned that they will not tolerate public violence during service delivery protests.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the need for the Commonwealth to focus on meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals targets, what needs to happen beyond 2015, and also financing the MDGs.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has extended his condolences to the families of those who were killed in the horrific bus crash in Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.

Pretoria - The Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on land reform and redistribution will this week embark on a nationwide public consultation programme as part of the re-opening of the land reform and redistribution process.

Durban – The number of people who died in a horrific bus crash near Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday has risen to 10, including the bus driver, spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Kwanele Ncalane, told SAnews today.

Pretoria - The Presidency has dismissed media reports that KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, will join the Presidency as special advisor on securi

Pretoria – As Women’s Month drew to a close on Saturday, government urged South Africans to continue recognising the rights of women in society.

Cape Town – Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini on Sunday launched a new project to expand social services to 1 300 of the country’s poorest wards and called on community members to lend their support to the department and its agencies.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has withdrawn the appointment of Major General Mondli Zuma as Gauteng Provincial Commissioner.

Pretoria - Former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment for the past two months.

Pretoria – At least 76 police officers were killed in the line of duty between April 2012 and March this year - an alarming number according to Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman is to undertake a four–nation working visit on Monday, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said.