South Africa

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Health has asked the Kalafong Hospital to investigate the state of cleanliness at its facilities.

Soshanguve – Students at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), in Soshanguve, say the visit by President Jacob Zuma has showed that government cares and that the current problems they have would be addressed.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Communications has officially closed the legal opinion that was sought following the removal of three Board Members of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) on Tuesday told the Portfolio Committee on Education that it is progressing well with regard to the Curriculum Advancement Policy Statement (CAPS) for the South African Sign Language (SASL).

Cape Town – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Deputy Minister Obed Bapela has called for the reform of the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the court has lost its credibility.

Pretoria – Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi, is to travel to Namibia on Wednesday to meet with her counterpart, the Minister of Information Communications and Technology Tjekero Tweya.

Pretoria - A total of 55 973 land claims have been lodged to the Land Claims Commission, since government re-opened the restitution claims process last year, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Minister of Environmental Affairs has published the Draft National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations in the Government Gazette, for public comment.

Pretoria – The South African government has acknowledged the ongoing work done by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support global growth and ensure stability of the international monetary and financial system.

Pretoria - In support of the Presidential Initiative at Eldorado Park and Youth Month, a workshop on combating social ills affecting young people will be held tomorrow.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Finance has launched an online invoice service targeting government suppliers that cuts invoice submission time to provincial government departments from 60 days to less than two days.

Cape Town – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the legal opinion of Parliament’s legal department undermines the separation of powers and the interpretation of the law should be left to the judiciary, not the legislature.

Pretoria - Police have assured the nation that they are working hard on the case of the slain Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain, Senzo Meyiwa, and will not rest until those who killed him are brought to justice.

Pretoria - A partnership between the Gauteng province and Massmart will result in the establishment of 500 retail shops within the province’s townships.

Pretoria - Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau says more than R600 million has been injected as an investment between the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Provincial Government to further develop Kliptown.