South Africa

Pretoria - Living conditions in South Africa has improved over the years, according to the 2016 General Household Survey.

Cape Town – Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she has directed the Eskom Board to rescind the reappointment of Group Chief Executive Brian Molefe.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Director General Mkuseli Apleni says the department, Public Servants Association (PSA) and other unions representing staff will be going for conciliation on 6 June, as the Constitutional Court had instructed in its judgment on 4 May 2017.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government is set to convene a two-day Social Cohesion and Moral Regeneration Summit.

Pretoria – Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC, Fikile Xasa, has encouraged residents living in the Great Kei Local Municipality to come forward with evidence of wrongdoing to back up their allegations.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she will continue to work with the Eskom Board to ensure the power parastatal’s sustainability is maintained.

Pretoria - Five vessel owners, who ferry passengers between Robben Island Museum and the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, are facing prosecution on charges of price fixing and collusive tendering.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called on the community of Elsies River to work with law enforcement agencies and government departments to defeat the scourge of crime.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Des van Rooyen has emphasised the significance of the traditional leaders sector.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government will on Friday launch the Black Industrialists Programme.

Pretoria – The South African Health Department has joined the rest of the world in marking World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).

Pretoria - Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the arrest of eight allegedly corrupt police officers, who were arrested at the Golela Port of Entry on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Weighing just 2.5kg, South Africa's first privately owned nanosatellite, nSight1, has been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).

Pretoria - South Africa is fostering closer trade relations with Mozambique, which is one of the fastest growing economies in sub-Saharan Africa, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has urged the residents of Elsies River to unite against the “cancer” called crime, which has claimed the lives of women and children in the area.