South Africa

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has met with Cricket South Africa (CSA).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday lead an African Union high level delegation of Heads of State and Government to Bujumbura in Burundi, says the Department of International Relations and Corporation (DIRCO).

Pretoria – The Gauteng Province is to upgrade William Nicol Drive up to the N14 freeway for R576 million as part of Gauteng’s infrastructure development plans.

Pretoria – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and South African Police Service (SAPS) continue to participate diligently in conflict prevention and peacekeeping in the continent.

Pretoria - South Africa and the United States have resolved all outstanding issues relating to agricultural imports from the US.

Pretoria - Government has confirmed that it has received a consignment of banknotes from a plane that had been impounded in Zimbabwe.

Pretoria – South Africa attracted R64.3 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first three quarters of the current financial year, surpassing the target of R45 billion, says Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has commended the improvement of over 198 waste water plants in municipalities during the 2014 Green Drop assessment period.

Pretoria - Thirty-four suspects have been arrested for drug-related crimes and nine cases have been registered during operations by police in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg.

Pretoria – Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Barbara Thomson on Monday handed over eco-furniture school desks, school uniforms, school bags and stationery sets to UBuhlebemvelo Primary School pupils in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture and the Department of Basic Education will identify learning material and textbooks that will be translated into isiZulu.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane will replace 34 361 white connector travel cards with the new Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) card from 1 March.

Pretoria- The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is leading a delegation of 26 local companies to show off their wares at the 7th annual Investment and Trade Initiative (ITIA) to India.

Pretoria - Drugs worth an estimated R2.5 million were seized at OR Tambo International Airport, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Nhleko says law enforcement agencies will intervene immediately to deal with gang violence and drugs in Booysen Park and other communities in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth.