South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will next Thursday bestow the 2016 National Orders on distinguished local citizens and eminent foreign nationals, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has encouraged South Africans to use the celebrations of Freedom Month to strengthen solidarity, tolerance, national identity and social cohesion.

Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi will today brief media in Johannesburg on the online application process.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the Communal Property Association Amendment Bill of 2016.

Cape Town – Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says he expects robust engagements with stakeholders on the draft reviewed Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry, 2016.

Pretoria - A new radical national policy that aims to curb initiation deaths and act harshly against illegal initiation schools has been approved by Cabinet.

Pretoria - South Africans will from now on have more say on the processes that lead to the identification of what exactly qualifies as critical infrastructure or the so-called national key points.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has paid tribute to entrepreneur and businessman Bertie Lubner, who passed away at the age of 85 on Monday.

Pretoria – Northern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison Pauline Williams has called on liquor traders to be responsible by not selling alcohol to underage persons and pregnant women.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she is processing the jobs-for-cash report and will release it on 6 May.

Pretoria – Eskom says it plans to continue implementing the appropriate levels of planned maintenance to ensure long-term plant reliability.

Cape Town – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha says the department will soon introduce a piece of legislation aimed at combating racism and hate speech.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has described the opening of Fairbreeze Mine in Empangeni as a new chapter in bringing prosperity to the region.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Health says the new Electronic Bed Management System (eBMS) has reduced patient waiting times by at least two hours at some of the hospitals in the Steve Biko Academic Cluster in Pretoria.

Pretoria - The New Development Bank’s US $180 million loan to Eskom will be used for the development of transmission lines, the power parastatal said on Tuesday.