South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Labour will host a day-long workshop to sensitise stakeholders in the explosives industry on regulation amendments within their workplace.

Pretoria - Ekurhuleni Community Bursary forms for the 2017 academic year are now available at all libraries and Ekurhuleni Customer Care Centres.

Pretoria - On the fourth day of Eskom’s Electricity Safety Week, the power utility has reminded South Africans to use electricity safely.

Pretoria - Eskom says it has complied with the set regulations in its application for nuclear plants in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has on behalf of government and the people of South Africa extended the country’s deepest condolences to Italy following the earthquake that struck central Italy.

Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says just over 35 000 applications for Smart ID Cards and passports have been received through the recently-launched eHomeAffairs portal to date.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Provincial Government has commended all provincial departments for their ongoing efforts to improve the management of public finances and taking corrective action to address poor performance.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday travel to Kenya to participate in the 6th Summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) taking place in Nairobi.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed an Intergovernmental Committee on Disaster Management (ICDM) that will advise Cabinet on issues pertaining to disaster management, said the Presidency.

Pretoria – Stakeholders in media will on Thursday gather at a colloquium to discuss issues of transformation, accountability and diversity affecting the industry.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Mzwandile Collin Masina, the former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, following his election on Tuesday as the Executive Mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

Cape Town – The South African Police Service Major General Leon Rabie says 18 cases of politically-related murders were reported between 1 February and 5 August 2016.

Johannesburg – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the vision of the National Development Plan needs to be communicated to all citizens so that everyone can take ownership of it and participate meaningfully in matters of national importance.

Pretoria – Two Nigerian men and two local women were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday night for opening bank accounts at all the banks in South Africa and using them to receive monies from online dating victims.

Pretoria – Tourism Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa says women in leadership should continuously and actively agitate for the upliftment of women.