South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa and Cyprus have strengthened relations during a bilateral meeting on Friday.

Pretoria - The Presidency says the remarks on gender roles and family made by President Jacob Zuma on the television show, People of the South, were based on the need to strengthen the family as an institution.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs has finalised the adjudication of backlog applications for temporary residence permits that were at the head office's central adjudication hub.

Pretoria - The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) in Marikana today engaged several stakeholders, including families who will bury their loved ones this weekend.

Pretoria - Government and the mining sector have agreed on the need to beef up the manner in which the sector negotiates conditions of employment.

Pretoria - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe is in Czech Republic to co-chair the second session of the Czech - South Africa Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation.

Pretoria - South African women, whose work in the scientific field has helped change their communities, were recently acknowledged when the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Minister Naledi Pandor presented them with certificates and awards replete with prize money of up to R170 000.

Pretoria - South Africa will be sending a delegation to Brussels to discuss the impact on South Africa caused by the European Union-led sanctions on Iran crude oil exports.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his gratitude to South Africans for observing with dignity and respect, the week of mourning for the 44 people who died in Marikana and others who died violently.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has raised concerns about what he described as the "undemocratic and unrepresentative" nature of the UN Security Council, saying this would lead to the council's decisions being under attack for lack of legitimacy.

Pretoria - Measures put in place by government to grow the economy are bearing fruit, with South Africa being regarded as a desirable trade nation, says Deputy Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has opened a case against the principal of Westridge High School for authorising a trip using the school funds.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour is set to take its road show on Employment Equity (EE) and the Revised Code of Good Practice on HIV/Aids to the Northern Cape and Limpopo tomorrow.

Pretoria - Women were more likely to have less access to basic services, to earn the lowest wages or not find employment or promotions and were likely to be less treated seriously when going to law enforcement agencies or the courts for redress.

Polokwane - Poor Limpopo communities will from today get easy access to health care when the Phelophepa health train rolls in.