South Africa

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed the life sentences handed to the four men who murdered 36-year-old Sergeant Macasio Madyene.

Pretoria – Police Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, has urged Gun Free South Africa and other role-players in the industry to cooperate fully with the Committee of Inquiry which focuses on allegations that certain firearm dealers are selling firearm competency certificates and licences.

Pretoria – South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says the country is eager to strengthen its investment partnership with the European Union (EU), despite the fact that there are some issues that need further discussion.

Springs – Watching your sick child lying helplessly in a hospital is not easy for any mother - let alone having to spend nights on a hard, unsympathetic hospital bench.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Ina Cronjé has called on university students to improve their spending habits to avoid entering the labour market deep in debt.

Pretoria – Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says there is nothing more important than the responsibility of providing education to all children, with the aim of optimally developing their latent talents.

Pretoria - The former Deputy Minister of Social Development, Jean Swanson-Jacobs’s funeral has been declared a special official funeral, by President Jacob Zuma.

Rustenburg - Officials from the North West Health Department will spend 67 minutes with children and elderly people to celebrate former President Nelson Mandela's birthday on Thurs

Pretoria – Government’s efforts to assist smallholder farmers to access markets are starting to bear fruit.

Johannesburg – Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says African countries must work towards cutting the regulatory red tape that makes it difficult for the continent’s states to trade amongst each other.

Durban – The inter-governmental, multibillion Rand Cornubia Development, situated north of Durban, is underway and has just received a major boost after the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) agreed to fund the bulk of R830 million N2/M41 interchange.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has invited struggle veteran Andrew Mlangeni to represent South Africa at a special sitting of the UN General Assembly, where he will deliver the keynote address.

Pretoria – Learners from schools across the country have been urged to hold a special assembly and sing “Happy Birthday” to Madiba on Thursday – his 95th birthday.

The 11th of February this year marked 23 years since former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was released from prison. His release was a historic moment as he had spent most of his adult life confined to a small cell. Despite this Mr Mandela did not waver in his fight, and support for freedom, human rights and a better life for all.

Stellenbosch – Statistics South Africa may make available more statistics to the public than many other countries, but much of it remained locked away because of the failure of the media to use the data to write more about the country’s challenges and successes, the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Planning, Trevor Manuel, said on Monday.