South Africa

Pretoria – Government has supported 27 black industrialists from the first quarter of 2015/16 to the third quarter of 2016/17 to advance economic transformation.

Pretoria – A total of 29 626 households gained access to piped water during the period between October and December 2016, says Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe.

Pretoria - Cabinet says there has been progress in eradicating backlogs in health facilities.

Pretoria – South Africa has been able to meet 50% of its target for food production in the fourth quarter of 2016, despite the drought.

Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says education is the single most important element that can take South Africa forward.

Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says the malaria cases that have been reported in parts of the country’s northern provinces do not represent an expansion in the malaria transmission areas in South Africa.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says an intensive advocacy campaign will soon be launched to help different sectors of the economy get a better understanding of the recently announced National Minimum Wage.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is doing all it can to avoid job losses in the poultry industry amid concerns of poultry products dumping and unfair trade practices.

Cape Town – The provision of free internet and museum revamps to honour Dr Christiaan Barnard’s historic heart transplant and the centenary of the sinking of the SS Mendi are some of the projects that will be undertaken or assisted by the Western Cape Cultural Affairs and Sport Department this year.

Pretoria – The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed six cases of measles in Johannesburg, as at 15 March 2017.

Bisho – The Eastern Cape MEC of Human Settlements, Helen Sauls-August, says the province is steadily winning the battle to increase access to formal housing.

Pretoria - Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Dr Siyabonga Cwele is attending the 2017 United Nations’ Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development meeting in Hong Kong.

Pretoria - Furniture designers will battle it out next week at the annual Furniture Design Competition hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday officially launch the Invest South Africa One Stop Shop (Invest SA OSS) at the Department of Trade and Industry offices in Pretoria, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday undertake a working visit to the Kingdom of Swaziland to attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government.