South Africa

Pretoria - Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has handed over additional water tankers to the North West province as the drought conditions continue.

Pretoria - The special Cabinet meeting that was scheduled to take place in Pretoria today has been postponed, according to the Presidency.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says government wants to reach more than a million orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa through the Isibindi programme.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal authorities are continuing with their zero tolerance approach towards crime over the festive season through ongoing Operation Fiela activities across the province.

Pretoria – The Department of Human Settlements will next year launch a biometric system for the N2 Gateway Project to ensure houses are given to and occupied by their rightful owners, says Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Thursday briefed media on the interim report submitted by a ministerial task team set up to probe allegations of selling of teachers’ posts.

Upington – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has commended the installation of the first batch of government subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) in Keimoes in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed new judges to serve in various High Courts throughout the country.

Pretoria – The South African Post Office (Sapo) is due to deliver more than 2 000 set-top box decoders to households in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) area in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - Liquid cocaine worth R2 million was confiscated at OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Hawks in Mpumalanga have arrested a 25-year-old mother and two other women for allegedly being involved in the sale of a one-year-old child in Nelspruit.

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has provisionally approved the re-enlistment of 548 former police members.

Pretoria - The South African National Aids Council (SANAC) distributed half a million condoms to approximately 56 000 football supporters at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Government has noted the Investors Service (Moody’s) decision to revise South Africa’s outlook on the rating to negative.

Pretoria - The upgrade of the R573 Moloto Road will feature safety aspects that will help to curb road accidents and save people’s lives, says Transport Minister Dipuo Peters.