South Africa

Pretoria - The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has received clean audit reports for two years in a row, acting RTMC chief executive Collins Letsoalo said on Monday.

Pretoria – An intervention by Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza that has led to 6 000 RDP houses being built in a short space of 100 days shows that quick delivery is possible, his spokesperson said on Monday.

Pretoria – Nearly three million households in South Africa are engaged in agricultural activities, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has sent condolences to the family of the late Pretoria News Journalist, Patrick Hlahla, who passed away yesterday morning.

Pretoria – Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) - Morgan Tsvangirai - says his party will exhaust all legal remedies to challenge the results of the July 31 elections, as his long-time rival President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF bagged a landslide victory.

Pretoria - The Presidency says it has noted the misleading story in the City Press, purportedly on who President Jacob Zuma listens to.

Pretoria - The Commission of Inquiry into the Strategic Defence Procurement Package, also known as the arms deal, today resumes with its public hearings in Pretoria.

Pretoria - Government’s progressive laws and policies are attracting the international community to choose South African women to take up strategic positions on the African continent and on the world stage.

Pretoria - Only a fraction of road users of the Gauteng Road Improvement Project (GFIP) will pay the maximum monthly cost of using the road, which is capped at R450 for those who have registered for e-tags.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane will lead thousands of women in a 3.5km walk from Tshwane City Hall to the Union Buildings on Friday, August 9 in honour of the women who marched in protest against pass laws in 1956.

Pretoria – The petrol price is expected to increase by 32 cents a litre, the Department of Energy said on Friday.

Pretoria - Over 3 000 mourners from all walks of life gathered in Port St Johns on Saturday to pay their last respects to Gauteng Economic Development MEC Nkosiphendule Kolisile.

Pretoria - An array of measures introduced by government since the dawn of democracy to promote women empowerment have drastically improved the position and conditions of women in the country.

Durban – The late Chief Justice Pius Langa was an activist lawyer who understood that law could not be practised in a vacuum in a society that was in bondage, President Jacob Zuma said today.

Potchefstroom – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says her department will intensify efforts to help distressed families in Tlokwe, Potchefstroom.