South Africa

Pretoria - Government has welcomed the nine life sentences handed to Ntokozo Hadebe by the North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday.

Cape Town – The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) that was established to revitalise distressed mining towns has mobilised municipalities to review their Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to pave the way for new-look mining towns.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education has called on the South African Council of Educators (Sace) to do everything it can to make sure that teachers who give parents money in exchange for sex with learners are brought to book.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday visit Giyani, in Limpopo, to assess the status of water provision there, following recent complaints from the community.

Pretoria - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says South Africans must promote a holistic approach to active ageing and wellbeing among the country’s senior citizens.

Pretoria – The recent terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of more than 34 soldiers and injured many in Sinai, Egypt, have been condemned by the South African government in the “strongest possible terms”.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will today pay a working visit to Juba in South Sudan to meet with President Salva Kiir and other political role players as part of ongoing efforts to help create peace and stability in the country.

Pretoria - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana says the economic growth remains the main vehicle for reducing poverty, food security and job creation.

Pretoria - The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has paid a record number of claims amounting to R22.2 billion to crash survivors in the 2013/14 financial year.

Pretoria – The Portfolio Committees on Sport and Recreation and Basic Education have welcomed the decision to include South African Local Government Association (SALGA) into the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on school sport.

Pretoria - Work is progressing well at Eskom’s Kusile power station, with the barring gear motor at Unit 1 of the power station being switched on this week.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Orlando Pirates and Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa, who was killed during an apparent robbery in Vosloorus on Sunday.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Transport says it is satisfied with the operations of the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa).

Pretoria – The countdown to this year’s edition of the Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day has begun, with Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa unveiling the details of this year’s campaign.

Pretoria - The late Bafana Bafana skipper, Senzo Meyiwa, will be buried in his home town of Umlazi in Durban on Saturday, 1 November, his club Orlando Pirates announced on Tuesday.