Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has welcomed the progress made by the Department of Higher Education and Training and its entities in resolving the backlog in issuing certificates in the college sector.
Pretoria - Deputy President and SADC Facilitator Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday join regional and international leaders in Lesotho for the inauguration of the Prime Minister-elect Tom Thabane, the Presidency confirmed on Thursday.
Pretoria – South African Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies is in Niamey, Niger, where he is set to participate in the third African Union (AU) Ministers of Trade Meeting.
Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the approval of the Garden Route as a Unesco Biosphere Reserve.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education on Thursday morning advised parents to keep their children at home as a safety precaution.
Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is currently engaging General Motors South Africa with a view of finding a new investor for part of its SA operations.
Cape Town – Work is underway to review the Integrated Plan of Action that was conceptualised to fight gender-based violence.
Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial government has roped in the South African Military Health Services to assist with autopsies.
Pretoria - Public Works Minister Nathi Nhleko has called on construction professionals to partner with government to root out corruption in the industry.
Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is in the interest of all South Africans for a judicial inquiry to be established to probe allegations of State capture.
Pretoria – Geologist Tshiamo Legoale has made history by being the first South African to be crowned the FameLab International Champion for a project which researched a method of using wheat to harvest gold from mine dumps.
Pretoria - Power utility Eskom has noted Moody’s decision to downgrade it to Ba2 from Ba1.
Cape Town – Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has called on young South Africans to aspire to be employers instead of job seekers.
Pretoria - The Hawks have arrested three men following the discovery of heroine worth R104 million on Monday.
London - A massive fire engulfed a 27-story apartment building in western London early on Wednesday, three hours after police received the first report of the blaze.
