South Africa

Pretoria - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana and Deputy Minister Bheki Cele will this week embark on drought relief road shows across the country.

Pretoria - Labour Deputy Minister Phathekile Holomisa is expected to attend the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) in Livingstone, Zambia.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) will from next month reroute its flights from Douala International Airport in Cameroon to Yaoundé, due to the closure of the airport in Douala, for reconstruction work.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies will this week address finalists and stakeholders at the second National Furniture Design Competition.

Pretoria - Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces will from today participate in a two-day debate of President Jacob Zuma’s 2016 State of the Nation Address.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow meet with the Japan business federation, Keidanren, in Cape Town.

Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has called for extraordinary measures to be taken to ensure the three mineworkers trapped at Lily mine in Barberton, are rescued.

Pretoria - The revitalisation of state-owned industrial parks will promote industrialisation and increase their contribution to job creation and South Africa’s economic growth, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has commended South Africans who have excelled in their respective fields of work at a glittering event in Cape Town.

Pretoria - The North West Provincial Government has begun the process of drawing up specific and systematic development plans for each and every village, township and small towns.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has assigned three Ministers to provide support to the families of the miners who are still trapped at Lily Farm in Barberton.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says education is an important tool to empower people and this is the reason he decided to establish an education trust to increase access to educational opportunities for disadvantaged children, particularly in rural areas.

Pretoria – Government has wrapped up a successful African Mining Indaba, with stakeholders thrashing out various issues in the mining sector.

Pretoria - Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi says the radio remains one of the most loved, cherished and ubiquitous symbols of communication and human progress.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address was met with mixed reaction by members of the public, a day after the speech was delivered in Parliament.