South Africa

Ga-Seleka - Acting Communications Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has urged eligible citizens not to miss the second and final voter registration drive for the upcoming Municipal Elections.

Pretoria - Media reports that National Treasury’s Chief Procurement Officer Kenneth Brown is leaving at the end of June are not true, said the National Treasury.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has condemned the call by the defence force union that President Jacob Zuma be removed as Commander-in-Chief of South Africa’s armed forces.

Pretoria - The Electoral Commission of South Africa has postponed all by-elections in the light of continued uncertainty regarding the validity of the voters’ roll where voters’ addresses are not in the possession of the Electoral Commission.

Pretoria - Correctional Services National Commissioner Zach Modise has urged his department’s officials to work towards getting a clean audit.

Ga-Seleka - Acting Communications Minister Mosebenzi Zwane will this morning officially launch the electrification project that has benefited over 700 households in Ga-Seleka village, in Limpopo.

Pretoria - The price of petrol will rise by 88 cents a litre on Wednesday, said the Department of Energy.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has committed all spheres of government to provide extra support to areas hard-hit by drought.

Pretoria - A South African Air Force aircraft transporting Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa developed technical faults shortly after take-off from Kruger National Park Airport in White River forcing the pilot to return the aircraft to the airport.

Cape Town – National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says last week’s Constitutional Court ruling on the remedial actions of the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla will guide Parliament in processing reports of Chapter 9 institutions in the future.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolences on the sad passing of liberation struggle stalwart, former Robben Island prisoner and former President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Clarence Makwetu.

Pretoria - The Presidency has rejected the preposterous and malicious allegation by Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, that President Jacob Zuma carried R6 billion to Dubai for the Gupta family.

Nelspruit – The University of Mpumalanga will become an instrument of progress and a beacon of hope, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the first Chancellor of the university.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Friday evening, in a televised address to the nation, said he “unreservedly” welcomes the Constitutional Court's judgment that he pay back some of the money spent on the non-security upgrades to his private Nkandla residence, in line with the remedial action contained in the Public Protector’s report.

Pretoria - National Treasury is to set up a team as part of efforts to execute the Constitutional Court judgment stating that it should determine a percentage of the costs that President Jacob Zuma should pay for the Nkandla security upgrades.