South Africa

Pretoria - Media reports stating that the Presidency will increase its staff complement are grossly incorrect and misleading, said the high office on Thursday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has strongly condemned recent incidents of violence and the destruction of property on several campuses of universities.

Pretoria - South Africa’s unemployment rate declined by 1% to reach 24.5% in the fourth quarter of 2015, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says government has set an annual target to appoint 20 000 youths in internship, learnership and artisan development programmes in the public service.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Thursday said 87 000 government employees have already enrolled and received the new housing allowance backdated to 1 July 2015.

Pretoria - South Africans must use the voter registration weekend of 5 – 6 March to confirm that they are still registered in the wards that they live in for the 2016 local government elections.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Thursday reminded South Africans, who have applied for their IDs, to collect them so they can register to vote in this year’s local government elections.

Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says government will, through Back-to-Basics, prioritise underperforming municipalities to ensure that quality services are delivered to citizens.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has called on South Africans from all walks of life to unite and confront racism.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has decided on a below inflation increase of 4.4% for political office bearers nationally and provincially for the 2015/16 financial year.

Pretoria – The North West University Mafikeng Campus has been closed indefinitely following widespread fire damage to buildings on the campus.

Pretoria - The 2016 National Budget was tabled under a difficult global economic environment, with South Africa experiencing low economic growth, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday.

Cape Town – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says this year’s budget has affirmed that South Africa has taken a tougher stance on its fiscal consolidation, which should go a long way in restoring confidence.

Pretoria - South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to come in at 0.9 % in 2016, reflecting the impact of the current drought and depressed global conditions.

Pretoria – Efforts are being stepped up to alleviate electricity supply constraints, with government preparing to expand the Independent Power Producer (IPP) initiative, said National Treasury.