South Africa

Pretoria - Western Cape Provincial Commissioner General Arno Lamoer and three brigadiers have been suspended with pay, police have confirmed.

Cape Town - The Portfolio Committee on Communications has commended the five-year strategic and annual plans tabled by Communications Minister Faith Muthambi in Parliament on Tuesday.

Cape Town - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is hoping to produce documentaries to sensitise the nation about the ills of the recent violent attacks on foreign nationals, says SABC Chief Operations Officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Pretoria - Power parastatal Eskom will implement stage one load shedding as of 5pm this afternoon.

Pretoria - The tax system on the continent plays a substantive role as it is a tool for good governance and democracy, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Tuesday.

Pretoria – Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has deployed the army to Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, after a Zimbabwean couple was attacked and shot last night.

Cape Town - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the next five years will be about creating the right conditions for an effective and efficient communications environment in the country.

Pretoria – Hundreds of parents braved the chilly morning to be the first in line at schools around Gauteng to book a space for their children at schools close to their residential areas and places of work for the 2016 academic year.

Pretoria - The Department of Energy on Tuesday reminded South Africans to work towards the development of the continent to ensure electricity supply for all.

Cape Town – The Department of Home Affairs says it is ready to pilot eChannel, its new innovative system that will allow citizens to apply for their smart ID cards from the comfort of their homes.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for Asian countries with capital and technical expertise to partner with Africa.

South Africans will commemorate 21 years of democracy in a few days. Our struggle for freedom and liberation became a collective struggle as the people of the continent and the wider international community joined us.

The recent attack on foreign nationals in Durban and Johannesburg go against the very ethos on which our great nation was founded and must be strongly condemned by all South Africans.

It is no secret that the education system in South Africa has a long history of discrimination and inequality.

Pretoria - There will be no load shedding for the first part of today, power utility Eskom said on Tuesday.