South Africa

Pretoria - Efforts are being made to ensure that once arrested, criminals are convicted of their crimes and kept away from society.

Pretoria - Tottenham Hotspurs sensational midfielder and Bafana Bafana skipper, Steven Pienaar, is included in Pitso Mosimane's squad to face Cote d'Ivoire in the Nelson Mandela Challenge.

Pretoria - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) and Chemical and Allied Industries' Association (CAIA) are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help improve rail safety.

Cape Town - Government plans to transform the economy by expanding growth and job creation, while developing a more effective public service, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

Cape Town - Further Education and Training (FET) colleges will work closer with the Sector Education Training Authorities (Setas) to help put students on one-year workplace placement programmes.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma's visit to Equatorial Guinea provided a good opportunity for both South Africa and that country to proceed to review different issues relating to bilateral cooperation.

Johannesburg - Sophisticated drug detection devices are to be installed at the country's major airports to prevent drug trafficking, following the arrest of South African Airways (SAA) crew members.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has welcomed the arrest of three Egyptians at the department's office in Springs.

Mbombela – While land restitution will be faster than before, it will be a stricter process, says Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Lechesa Tsenoli.

Pretoria - Motorists are advised that the Allandale Road Interchange on the N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway will be closed to traffic from 9pm on Friday to 13pm on Saturday.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana coach, Carlos Alberto Perreira is back in the country to take charge of the struggling national team.

Pretoria – The disbursement of the Jobs Fund has lagged due to initial delays caused by the manual processing of applications, as well as delays in finalising contractual arrangements with grantees

Pretoria - Government has decided to terminate the controversial contract to purchase eight military A400 Airbus strategic lift aircraft.

Pretoria - Ministers have committed themselves to ensure that all outstanding parliamentary questions are answered before parliament rises.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has delivered a well balanced Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), says Senior Economist at Investment Solutions, Chris Hart.