South Africa

Pretoria - Director of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa Project, Dr Bernie Fanaroff, will retire from the SKA Project Office at the end of 2015.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education says the Umalusi standardisation process will consider the issue of load shedding and its possible negative impact on learners’ results to ensure that no learner is disadvantaged due to load shedding.

Pretoria - The Department of Social Development in Western Cape has launched an investigation into serious allegations of elder abuse at the unregistered Serendipity Old Age Home.

Pretoria - No load-shedding is anticipated for tomorrow, power utility Eskom said on Monday.

Pretoria – The process of finalising the National Disability Rights Policy, which includes a monitoring and Evaluation Framework is at an advanced stage, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Monday.

Pretoria - The severe structural damage to the East Road Bridge, which cuts across the N12 freeway near Eldorado Park, is a serious risk to motorists, says Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi.

Johannesburg - Power utility Eskom says there will be load shedding across South Africa from this Sunday. Wednesday evening and the whole of Thursday are marked as high risk for power cuts.

Pretoria – Power utility Eskom says the power system is projected to be severely constrained due to the loss of 1 800 MW at the Majuba power station on Saturday.

Pretoria - Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom will lead a delegation of South African tourism marketers and product owners to the annual World Travel Market (WTM) tourism trade expo in London this week.

Johannesburg - Public service innovators gathered at Emperor’s Palace, in Kempton Park, on Friday evening to be honoured for their innovations.

Pretoria - South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday returned to the country from his four-legged visit to African countries.

Pretoria - Leaders of the sports fraternity and the South African government say Senzo Meyiwa’s death means the time has come for South Africa to build a new society, in which freedom reigns with no space for crime.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all parties involved in the farming sector to work towards finding solutions to resolve a “crisis” that faces farmers and farm workers.

Pretoria - A 25-year-old man has been arrested following the murder of Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates Captain, Senzo Meyiwa, who was shot dead last Sunday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has extended the term of the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity in the Strategic Defence Procurement Package.