South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma, as the Grand Patron of the National Orders, is inviting members of the public to nominate recipients for the 2016 National Orders Awards.

Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is satisfied with progress made in the roll-out phase of the Paperless Classroom for Grade 12 learners across the province, says the Gauteng Department of Education.

Pretoria - The power system is currently stable enabling Eskom to perform maintenance without load shedding, said the power utility on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Promotion and Protection of the Investment Bill has been tabled in Parliament, says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi has condemned a shooting that led to the death of a woman and the injury of three people at the Sangweni Taxi Rank in Tembisa on Tuesday morning.

Pretoria – South Africa, Namibia and Botswana are on Tuesday meeting to discuss the importance of shared groundwater resources and the best approaches to equally share them.

Pretoria – The 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) is a powerful platform to learn what other successful nations are doing to promote and sustain enterprise development, says Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu.

Pretoria – The Jericho water plan is expected to restore water to 19 villages that fall under the Madibeng Local Municipality.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have confiscated over R2 million worth of suspected stolen alcohol.

Pretoria - The decision to nominate the South African Police Service (SAPS) to be used as a good practice case study based on its performance on the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) is evidence that the police service is headed in a positive direction, said National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Monday congratulated the former Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, for being awarded a Knighthood by the King of Spain, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - Eskom is currently not load shedding as the power system is currently stable.

Pretoria – Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi has encouraged South Africans to read so they can contribute to building the country.

Pretoria – The newly renovated Solomon Mahlangu Freedom Square, which commemorates the struggle heroes and heroines, in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, has officially reopened today.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, today shared opportunities that are available within the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) sector with learners at the North West Secondary School of the Deaf.