South Africa

Pretoria - More than R7 billion will be spent on conditional grants for provinces to support about 435 000 subsistence and 54 500 smallholder farmers.

Pretoria - South African companies will for the first time participate in the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair, in Tanzania, this week.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will this week lead the South African delegation to the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the Presidency said on Sunday.

Johannesburg – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says in order to grow the economy and create jobs, it is important that the private sector invests more in the economy than it currently does.

Pretoria – Limpopo Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Fanie Masemola, has welcomed the sentences handed out to two rapists and a murderer in the provincial courts on Friday.

Cape Town - The media fraternity has welcomed an announcement by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa that the remains of veteran journalist Nat Nakasa will be repatriated from the United States for reburial at home.

Pretoria – The Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, says South African youth must make the most of the opportunities that democracy has made available to them.

Pretoria – The Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Jacob Mamabolo, has met with three community groups to resolve matters raised during the election campaign.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has expressed shock and sadness following the fatal crash that occurred on the Tiyani Rabungwani road between Elim and Soekmekaar in Limpopo on Saturday.

Cape Town – The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana, has announced that he has increased the salary of his cattle herder from R800 to R2 400, and has urged farmers to also do the same.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni says his department is finalising a process whereby refugees will be able to apply for their documents at any Home Affairs office throughout the country.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma is putting the improved performance of the state, particularly the public service, at the core of how government conducts business over the next five years.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has urged the private sector to partner with government in a campaign to produce at least 30 000 artisans by 2030.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says government will next month launch Operation Phakisa – an initiative aimed at fast-tracking the delivery of the priorities outlined in the National Development Plan.

Pretoria – The Labour Department is rooting out non-compliance in the agricultural sector by conducting a series of blitz inspections.