South Africa

Johannesburg - A panel set up by Gauteng Premier David Makhura to review the implementation of e-tolls in Gauteng is set to begin its work next week, the Premier said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Johannesburg Mayor, Parks Tau, on Thursday launched the second Freedom Ride, which will take place in the city on 20 July.

Port Elizabeth - The production of up to 5 000 trucks at the newly launched First Automobile Works (FAW) vehicle assembly plant in Coega, Port Elizabeth, is good news for job creation in the country.

Port Elizabeth – The new First Automobile Works (FAW) South Africa vehicle assembly plant in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, will boost the country's efforts to achieve a growth target of 5% by 2019, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Mining production decreased by 6.5% year-on-year in May, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has denied former apartheid-era police colonel, Eugene de Kock, parole.

Pretoria - As tax season is officially underway, Cabinet has encouraged taxpayers to submit their individual tax returns.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has announced that he has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate certain matters relating to the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury.

Pretoria- Cabinet has congratulated the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) SA-funded researchers who discovered a triple supermassive black hole system, saying the discovery demonstrates the country’s scientific and technical expertise.

Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the reopening of the land claims process.

Pretoria – Prasa’s Rolling Stock Fleet Renewal Programme is much more than the procurement of trains - the move is set to stimulate economic development and local manufacturing, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on all South Africans to honour former President Nelson Mandela by actively participating in the “Clean South Africa” campaign.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the launch of the First Automotive Works (FAW) South Africa assembly plant and operations in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria – The Eastern Cape provincial government is finalising the Traditional Initiation Bill, which seeks to eliminate the commercialisation of the custom and illegal initiation schools.

Pretoria – As focus gradually shifts to the post-2015 agenda, a call has been made for governments across the world to place young people high on the list of development priorities.