South Africa

Pretoria – Cabinet ministers and premiers today applied for the new smart ID cards at the Home Affairs’ Byron Place offices in Pretoria.

Midrand – The Gautrain Management Agency has proposed seven new routes for the express train that will expand the current network from places of employment to residential areas.

Pretoria - North West MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Manketsi Tlhape, has agreed to the postponement of the by-elections in ward 1, 4, 11, 12, 13 and 20 of Tlokwe Local Municipality.

Pretoria - The announcement by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MBD) on the redetermination of various municipal boundaries in Gauteng has been welcomed by Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Ntombi Mekgwe.

Pretoria - South Africa has acknowledged the importance of Poland not only as a trading partner in Europe but as a crucial market for South Africa’s tourism industry.

Pretoria - Eskom’s Medupi power plant in October surpassed 4.5 million man hours without injury, said the parastatal.

Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has launched the construction of a R300-million road project, which will provide an alternative link between Johannesburg and Vereeniging.

Pretoria – The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has expressed her sadness at the recent brutal murders, rapes, assault and abuse committed against the country’s children.

Pretoria - Although government considers the construction sector as part of the country’s economic fibre, the sector is confronted with major delivery challenges, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says there is no justification for the spate of child killings in the country, and such acts cannot go unpunished.

Cape Town – MPs will get the chance to undergo an HIV test in Parliament next week, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday during the presentation of his department’s annual report, which was praised by parliamentarians.

Pretoria – The Department of Public Works says the construction of the permanent Diepsloot Police station is currently underway and that it is scheduled to be completed in August 2014.

Pretoria – Cabinet has issued a statement dismissing claims that it is divided over the Control of Marketing of Alcohol Beverages Bill.

Pretoria – South Africa has reinforced its relations with countries of the world in the past two decades, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Government wants to see more public servants owning homes and not just renting perpetually, says Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.