South Africa

Pretoria - Team South Africa scooped overall top honours at the International Student Cluster Challenge held in Leipzig, Germany, recently.

Cape Town - Correcting the effects of the Natives Land Act of 1913 is a critical cog in the wheel of the state, as well as a crucial component in the National Development Plan (NDP), according to President Jacob Zuma.

Pietermaritzburg – KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Dr Zweli Mkhize, says the province is on a war path against fraud, corruption and malfeasance in the public service.

Pietermaritzburg - MEC for Education in KwaZulu-Natal, Senzo Mchunu, has launched a Matric Intervention Programme, namely Learner Camps, to support all matric learners to prepare for the end of the year examinations.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor today reconfirmed her department’s intention to ensure that applications for asylum in South Africa are adjudicated more efficiently while providing effective and humane administrative assistance to genuine refugees.

Pretoria - State arms manufacture Denel has released the names of the two South Africans who died at a United Nations compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

Cape Town – Black economic empowerment (BEE) is not only a political and social necessity in redressing the wrongs of the past, but will also help broaden economic participation which will contribute significantly to economic growth, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said today.

Pretoria - The direct descendants of the Khoi and San communities must benefit from the new cut-off date for lodging a land claim as part of reversing the legacy of the 1913 Native Land Act.

Cullinan – Africa Public Service Day (APSD) should be celebrated every day to encourage public servants to serve people speedily and on time, says Thokozile Memele, a resident from Refilwe location, who attended the APSD event today.

Johannesburg - Government funded skills development centre in Ennerdale is giving young people a second chance to turn their lives around through different skills training and job placements.

Pretoria - South Africa and Benin have agreed to the establishment of a SA-Benin Chamber of Commerce which will promote the economic viability of both countries, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said.

Cape Town – Relaxing the country’s labour laws would not have helped the country escape its poor economic growth in the first quarter, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has extended birthday wishes to Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs Captain Itumeleng Khune.

Pretoria - Arms manufacture company Denel says arrangements have been made to repatriate the bodies of the two South Africans who lost their lives in a bomb attack on the United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Pretoria - Eskom has been named the overall winner of the 2013 Nkonki State Owned Companies (SOC) Integrated Reporting Awards for a second year running.