South Africa

Pretoria - South Africans are encouraged to participate in the country’s first ever National Recreation Day taking place across the country today.

Pretoria - National Treasury has extended the comment period of the draft default pension fund strategies.

Pretoria - A number of roads in the Sandton CBD have been closed off to private vehicles for the duration of the EcoMobility World Festival 2015 since yesterday until the end of the month, to mark Transport Month.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will this morning launch Operation Phakisa in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education, in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has called on the elderly, whose pension grants are being withdrawn without their consent, to submit affidavits to South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) officials.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande and his Angolan counterpart Adoao Gaspar Ferreira do Nascimento have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work jointly in the areas of education.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed six new Commissioners to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa.

Pretoria - A cash in transit robbery was foiled when Fidelity security guards returned fire with the suspects in Mariti, just outside Bushbuckridge, on Thursday.

Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane will in the next few days hold a meeting with stakeholders in the mining sector to discuss challenges and opportunities available in the industry.

Pretoria - Police continue to make inroads arresting suspects involved in the sexual exploitation of children.

Pretoria – A portal which will revolutionise air quality management in the country for both the regulator and the regulated community has been launched.

Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it is putting in place the final permanent and temporary infrastructure ahead of the official launch of the EcoMobility World Festival.

Pretoria - North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has urged protesting residents to do so within the confines of the law.

Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it is encouraged by the efforts made by all law enforcement agencies to tackle crime in the city.

Pretoria - South African Airways’ (SAA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was due to be held on Friday has been postponed as the utility is still to finalise its annual financial statements (AFS), said the Ministry of Finance.