South Africa

Pretoria - Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev has made a commitment to protect South African jobs in the proposed acquisition of SABMiller.

Within the context of the prevailing global economic slowdown it is easy to get sucked into despair. While the global economic outlook remains cloudy, conditions in South Africa are far from the doom and gloom some seek to portray.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed new members to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Brand South Africa Trust for a period of three years, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi will today participate in Freedom Day celebrations at the South African Embassy in Doha, Qatar.

Pretoria - PetroSA on Thursday warned the public about fraudulent advertisements offering jobs at the national oil company.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed reports that their members are stranded in bases across Sudan's Darfur region.

Pretoria - The Department of Tourism says the number of tourists arriving in South Africa every month has shot through the one million mark for the first time since 2009.

Pretoria - Sumitomo Rubber South Africa has invested R2 billion to expand and upgrade its KwaZulu-Natal based Dunlop manufacturing plant in Ladysmith.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Faith Mazibuko has congratulated new Springboks coach Allister Coetzee.

Pretoria – The Department of Social Development has urged mothers who are struggling to make a living to contact the department for help instead of participating in illegal activities such as drug smuggling.

Pretoria – The meeting between presiding officers and political party leaders on the recent Constitutional Court Judgment took place in “good spirit and was constructive”.

Pretoria - Media reports that Denel may have entered into a joint venture to form a company that will operate from a jurisdiction in Asia have been noted by National Treasury.

Pretoria - The Department of Justice will today know if their application to appeal Chris Hani’s killer’s release will be granted.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Education Department has suspended the registration period (pre-load period), which started on 11 April 2016 and was expected to end on 18 April 2016.

Cape Town – The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer says all tenders advertised by government will soon only be advertised in government’s eTender portal.