South Africa

Pretoria – The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has expressed disappointment with an article carried in the last Sunday Times paper on standardisation.

Pretoria – Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi says one of the biggest challenges facing government is in the area of communication.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has seized narcotics with an estimated R21 million street value, it said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina has called on government and academia to join forces in identifying sustainable development models for reindustrialisation and economic growth.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says government will consider the location of the Disability Unit within the Presidency.

Pretoria – Vantage Goldfields CEO, Mike McChesney, is optimistic about a new plan aimed at recovering a container, with its three occupants, trapped underground at the Lily Mine in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has welcomed the new press club, saying it will play an invaluable role in advancing media in South Africa.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has wrapped up her visit to the Eastern Cape, where she met with stakeholders in the school system.

Pretoria – Government has made progress in addressing matters affecting people with disabilities, says President Jacob Zuma.

Cape Town – Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says Unit 3 of KwaZulu-Natal’s Ingula Storage Pump Scheme has been successfully synchronised onto Eskom’s power grid.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has conveyed his condolences to the family, fans and friends of musician and entertainer, Koyo Bala.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela has congratulated all the young first time voters who registered to vote in the 2016 Local Government Elections, at the weekend.

Pretoria - A special skills solar water heater installation training programme has produced hundreds of new solar installers.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Department of Health has not commenced with self-testing for HIV.

Pretoria - The state visit to Nigeria has given impetus to efforts to strengthen the existing bilateral political, economic and social ties between that country and South Africa, says President Jacob Zuma.