South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Arts and Culture is on Friday hosting an event to celebrate International Translation Day.

Pretoria - The North West High Court on Thursday dismissed Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality (NMMDM) application for the court to interdict the provincial government from appointing an Administrator.

Pretoria - Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has invited the public to give their inputs on ways to mitigate shark attacks in Port St Johns, in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says finding a replacement for the former Commissioner of the South African Revenue Services (SARS) was slightly delayed as the Presidency had to find the right person for the job, and SARS was not in any crisis during the processes.

Pretoria - Following water interruptions in some areas of Gauteng, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane will be meeting with the entire Board, the Chief Executive Officer and other senior officials of Rand Water this evening.

Pretoria - The Department of Health has made an urgent call to the country’s private sector to donate to the Ebola Response Fund to assist the countries affected by the virus.

Pretoria - The Council for Geoscience (CGS) will close 45 open mine shafts in the 2014/15 financial year to prevent illegal mining and to protect communities who live near the derelict and ownerless mines in Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - About 150 examination centres in KwaZulu-Natal have been granted approval by Umalusi to release the 2014 mid-year Senior Certificate examination results, says the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

Pretoria – South Africa will, as the chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, lead electoral observer missions to three countries.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education is currently meeting education stakeholders in Sterkspruit, in the Eastern Cape, to assess the impact of Sadtu’s rejection of inspectors and district officials to schools.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced that his department is ready to process the Zimbabwe Special Permits applications.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation says the continuing vandalism and theft of valves, copper and transformers has a direct bearing on water shortages in many municipalities across South Africa.

Pretoria - South Africa and Brazil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which seeks to coordinate efforts for sustainable promotion and expansion of tourism relations between the two countries.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Labour has launched an investigation into the death of a worker, who was crushed by a machine last Thursday at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition, in Boksburg,

The passionate debate following the release of the annual South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics is indeed welcomed. Crime is our common foe; thus when every South African is concerned about crime and its negative effects we move a step closer to beating it.