South Africa

Pretoria- Power utility Eskom implemented stage 1 load-shedding this afternoon.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) will lead 31 local companies on an Outward Selling and Investment Mission to Kenya and Tanzania next week.

Pretoria - There will be road closures and parking restrictions in areas surrounding Parliament for Thursday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), Lt Gen Solomon Makgale, said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) mortalities have exceeded 200-tons as 80-tons of WCRL were washed out in Eland’s Bay on Wednesday morning.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Umalusi have met to discuss the processes to be followed in light of the concessions given by Minister Angie Motshekga to the learners involved in group copying.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government has condemned the illegal march by the Congress of South African Students (Cosas), after receiving reports of incidents of looting by members on Tuesday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said South Africa’s delegation to Washington DC for the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, held in August last year, was essential for drawing investment into Africa.

Pretoria - As the risk for load-shedding continues, power utility Eskom has called on South Africans to use electricity sparingly.

Pretoria - The Hawks have arrested a couple in Port Elizabeth for alleged money laundering and six charges of possession, acquisition and use of stolen property.

Pretoria - Suspended Hawks head Anwa Dramat has been placed on leave, the Police Ministry has confirmed.

Pretoria - South Africans will continue to draw inspiration from the late former President Nelson Mandela, says President Jacob Zuma.

Cape Town – There was much movement in and around the Parliamentary precinct on Tuesday afternoon as officials geared up for President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Cape Town – When the Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation paid a surprise visit to the Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre on Tuesday, he instructed nursing staff to attend to elderly patients who had been waiting in long queues for over three hours.

Pretoria - Following the biggest water supply interruption experienced by Gauteng residents in September last year, the City of Ekurhuleni will go on a door-to-door campaign to get residents involved in the fight against water losses.

Pretoria – Government has dismissed as a hoax a statement that has gone viral, which alleges Eskom notified government that the main grid could possibly crash and plunge the country into darkness for two weeks.