South Africa

Pretoria - The focus of the upcoming G20 meeting in Australia will be on measures to raise global growth, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, has called for an urgent meeting with the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramokgopa,to discuss how future disconnections at schools can be avoided, as well as rates and taxes charged at schools.

Cape Town – The Deputy Minister of Communications, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, says all South Africans should work with government hand in glove in the fight against corruption.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the three spheres of government have come together on Friday to build on all devised plans and programmes to improve how government functions.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs says it will resume with its normal services at all of its branches throughout the country on Monday.

Pietermaritzburg – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says at the heart of the information revolution will be the conceptualisation of communicator’s work as development work.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Health, Qedani Mahlangu, has called on all communities to join hands with government in the fight against HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis.

Pretoria – The Gauteng province is hosting the Gauteng Human Settlements Lekgotla on Friday which aims to address the province’s challenges of shelter for new residents flocking into the province.

Pretoria - The Presidency says President Jacob Zuma has not received a request letter from the Western Cape government, for former rugby player Tinus Linee to be granted a provincial official funeral.

Pretoria - Eskom on Thursday reiterated that while the system remains tight, the risk for further load-shedding this week is minimal.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education has terminated the contracts of companies implicated in the food contamination that resulted in learners being hospitalised in Limpopo.

Pretoria - With the international June 2015 deadline looming to migrate broadcasting services from analogue to digital, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has initiated the process of reviving the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration project and SA back on track.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says the National Council and Provinces and government have made a lot of progress in improving the lives of many people in various provinces in the past 20 years.

Pretoria – South Africa has been requested to reintroduce direct flights between South Africa and Burundi.

Pretoria – The Portfolio Committee on Labour is to conduct public hearings on the national minimum wage in the Western Cape this weekend.