South Africa

Pretoria – South Africa’s hardest working businesspeople have been duly recognised at the 4th Annual Premier Business Awards.

Pretoria - Ghanaians have taken to the polls today to elect their president and 275 Members of Parliament, with voting taking place between 7am and 5pm.

Pretoria - The Justice Ministry has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling against a court order granting a terminally ill patient, Robert Stransham-Ford, the right to end his life.

Pretoria - Former Northern Cape Finance MEC John Block was on Tuesday sentenced to a 15-year prison term by the Kimberley High Court.

Pretoria - President Zuma on Tuesday met with members of the Robben Island ex-Political Prisoners Association (EPPA) at his residence Mahlamba Ndlopfu, in Pretoria.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has affirmed the recommendation not to increase the salaries of public office bearers for the 2016/17 financial year.

Pretoria – Authorities are getting their ducks in a row to tighten traffic law enforcement to reduce carnage on South African roads.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow following his victory in the presidential elections held on 1 December.

Cape Town - South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2016, Statistics South Africa’s Joe de Beer said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a united South Africa where all citizens work together to build a non-racial and non-sexist society.

Pretoria – The Umalusi Council has made a determination to retain language compensation at 3% for learners who study through the medium of English as a second language in Grade 12 from 2016 until 2022.

Pretoria - Algerian businesspeople are keen to collaborate with their South African counterparts in order to grow trade between African countries.

Pretoria - Moody’s Investor Services has affirmed Eskom’s credit rating, assigning it to a national scale rating of A2.za.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has joined music lovers in expressing shock over the sudden passing of gospel singer Sfiso Ncwane.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Dr Siyabonga Cwele is leading a South African delegation to the 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which is being held in Mexico this week.