South Africa

Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika is this weekend meeting in Cape Town to discuss political and economic matters.

Pretoria - A high-level ministerial delegation is expected to leave for Qatar today to discuss partnerships on infrastructure.

Pretoria - Unions have a role to play in helping South Africans navigate through the tough economic times and at the same time government should give them the space to do so, says President Jacob Zuma.

Cape Town - South Africa will not be able to realise its development goals as long the majority of its children are excluded from accessing tertiary education, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

Cape Town - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has once again rallied behind South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to contest the position of African Union Commission chairperson.

Kinshasa - An airplane crash on Sunday in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed a presidential adviser and injured the Central African country's finance minister.

Los Angeles - The 54th annual Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday night began with a tribute to pop superstar Whitney Houston, who was found dead on Saturday afternoon.

Pretoria - More than R700 million has been paid by the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development to service providers needing urgent payment.

Higher Education South Africa (HESA) has welcomed the Budget Vote delivered by Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande in Parliament on Tuesday, saying it commits to on-going funding to enhance the capabilities and capacities of public universities.

South Africa stands ready to work at bringing in necessary investment that will ensure the success of the massive infrastructure roll-out plan, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality says it will continue with the process of changing street names following the ruling by the Northern Gauteng High Court in favour of the city allowing it to continue with street name changes.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education is inviting all education stakeholders to submit comments on the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit Bill (NEEDU), which was published for comment on 23 December 2011.

Pretoria - South Africa and Saudi Arabia have agreed to increase total trade between the two countries to a targeted R60 billion within the next five years.

Universal health coverage is a worldwide phenomenon supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reiterated on Tuesday when tabling his department's Budget Vote in Parliament.

Pretoria - The Small Enterprise Development Agency's (Seda) Public Sector SMME Payment Assistance Hotline has facilitated R300 million worth of late payments on behalf of SMMEs for services rendered to public sector institutions.