South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Leona Valerie Theron as a judge of the Constitutional Court, the Presidency said on Friday.

Pretoria - Commercial international trade in rhino horn is and remains prohibited, the Department of Environmental Affairs clarified on Friday.

Pretoria – Government says the article titled “SABC promotions to be probed in house”, which appeared in The Times on Wednesday, has not accurately reflected Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo’s views on the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) probe into the SABC.

Pretoria - The fire that engulfed the Gauteng Premier’s office has been contained and all officials are safe.

Pretoria - Economic Counsellor for the South African High Commission in Tanzania, Frans van Aardt, says South Africa and Tanzania must work to address the trade imbalance between the two countries.

Pretoria - Government and the private sector need to work together to prepare the country’s children for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, says Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Bulelani Magwanishe.

Pretoria - Authorities have condemned the recent armed attacks on police stations in the Free State and Cape Town, which resulted in the death of two constables and the wounding of a sergeant.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Provincial Government will in the next three months introduce a pilot project for a single e-ticket for public transport users.

Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi says South Africa holds China in high regard "for the very warm" ties of fraternal relations which exist between Pretoria and China.

Pretoria – The National Health Insurance (NHI) White Paper will be published as a policy document in the government gazette on Friday, the Department of Health announced on Thursday.

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha says his department has developed a position paper on parole administration in South Africa.

Ten of the 13 Correctional Services officials implicated in improper entertainment at the Johannesburg Correctional Centre have been served with letters of intention to suspend them.

As unemployment figures continue to paint a bleak picture, the Department of Science and Technology is encouraging young people who are interested in innovation and entrepreneurship to start their own businesses.

Pretoria - The current avian influenza virus strain -- H5N8 -- affecting South Africa is not a threat to humans.

Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says South Africa’s media space can no longer afford to be dominated by only a few big players and that more emerging media players need to be supported to ensure diversity.