South Africa

Pretoria - The Hawks have welcomed the hefty sentences handed down to two suspects for the murder of a police officer and shop owner.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Social Development, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza, has called for closer cooperation between communities, local government and law enforcement agents to win the fight against drug abuse.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on all South Africans and visitors in the country to join in on the Clear Rivers Campaign during the Month of July.

Pretoria - The newly launched Musina Intermodal Terminal (MIT) is expected to be a huge boost to the regional economic integration and to the Special Economic Zones Programme.

Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services says 13 officials will be served with letters of contemplation of suspension following the explicit entertainment at the Johannesburg Correctional Centre.

Pretoria – Chancellor of the Sefako Makgatho Health Services University, Dr Edna Molewa, has congratulated Professor Chris De Beer on his appointment as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Pretoria - Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has been elected as the Second Vice-President of the Co-ordination Committee for Development and Promotion of African Handicrafts (CODEPA).

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has confirmed a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 in a broiler breeder site in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria – The hotel industry in South Africa is poised for growth, says Tourism Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has wished the Muslim community in South Africa a happy Eid ul-Fitr.

Pretoria - South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reaffirmed their willingness to improve and strengthen their economic relations.

Pretoria – The first decade of the South Africa-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Bi-National Commission (BNC) was largely consumed by efforts of assisting the DRC in areas of institutional capacity building, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday attend and address Eid prayer and celebrations in Lenasia in Gauteng, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - Correctional Services National Commissioner Zach Modise says inappropriate behaviour in correctional centres by those who are serving life sentences will not be tolerated.

Pretoria - Officials from the Department of Human Settlements will this week visit the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape for public hearings on the Property Practitioners Bill and the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Amendment Bill.