South Africa

Pretoria – Live screenings of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be held in all nine provinces to ensure that communities are able to join in the important occasion.

Pretoria – Public hearings into the Private Security Sector are currently underway with the Department of Labour reviewing the minimum wage and working conditions of employment in the sector.

Pretoria – The North West Department of Local Government and Human Settlements is to demolish the mining hostels at Khuma township to make way for decent family units for hostel dwellers.

Pretoria - Acting Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) Chief Operations Officer, Jay Morar, says there is about R456 million worth of unclaimed benefits for Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) members, as at December 2014.

Pretoria – The Department of Mineral Resources is reviewing progress made in the attainment of the objectives set out in the Mining Charter.

Pretoria – Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, says the proper rules, convention and precedence will be applied if there are any interruptions to the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday.

Pretoria - Acting Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) Chief Operations Officer, Jay Morar, has set the record straight on pension fund rumours that have led to scores of resignations in the public sector.

Pretoria – Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa on Tuesday announced a committee of inquiry that will look into matters of rhino poaching, including the feasibility of trade in rhino horn.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will award bursaries to deserving high school learners in the De Doorns region in the Western Cape this academic year.

Pretoria - The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) says it will resume issuing courtesy letters and enforcement orders to offending motorists.

Pretoria – An elated Thabang Manamela from the University of Pretoria on Monday received a new Tablet from Social Development Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu.

It has been more than four months since the lives of 81 South Africans were lost when a multi-storey guesthouse belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria. The tragedy stunned us, and left the nation with a feeling of great sadness and compassion.

Most people are aware of the annual State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the need for SADC appointed mediator and Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, to return to the mountain kingdom as soon as possible to address issues raised by the delegation of the Lesotho government.

Pretoria - Police have arrested four suspects for allegedly running and manufacturing illegal drugs.