South Africa

Pretoria - The Maitland Refugee Reception Office in Cape Town will close at the end of the month, the Department of Home Affairs has announced.

Pretoria - Inclining Block Tariffs (IBT) is benefitting low income domestic customers, a study conducted by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has found.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health is expected to speed up the construction of a new multi-drug resistant TB complex at Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Ludwick Mamabolo, the 2012 winner of the Comrades Marathon.

Midrand - Government remains committed to working with the mining industry to enable it to achieve optimal returns on investment in a manner that will serve the best medium and long term interests of all South Africans.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana caretaker coach Steve Komphela will take charge of Bafana's second 2014 World Cup qualifier match against Botswana in Gaborone on Saturday.

Rustenburg - All eyes will be on the Rustenburg Civic Centre in the North West province today as the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, appointed by President Jacob Zuma to probe the killing of 34 mine workers in Marikana in August, begins its work.

Mangaung - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has called on young people to be actively involved in the preservation of the environment.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma accompanied by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will over the next two days officially hand over brand new schools to villages at Libode and Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.

Rustenburg - The Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana tragedy owed it to the people of South Africa to do its work as expeditious as possible without fear or favour, Commission Chairperson and retired judge Ian Farlam said.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has visited former President Nelson Mandela at a Pretoria hospital.

Rustenburg - The families of the mineworkers killed in Marikana in August should receive financial assistance from the state to attend the hearings, the Commission of Inquiry in the tragedy heard on Monday.

Pretoria - Despite the dramatic sacking of their head coach, the team spirit at the Bafana Bafana camp is high and players are working very hard in preparation for their second 2014 World Cup qualifier against Botswana on Saturday.

Johannesburg - Despite the number of new public and private institutions that have been built over the last two decades in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, the region still faces a shortage of higher learning institutions.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana caretaker coach Steve Komphela is appealing to the nation to fully support Bafana Bafana ahead of their crucial 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualifier against Botswana.