South Africa

Pretoria - The Reserve Bank on Thursday raised the repo rate by 50 basis points to 6.75%.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana says companies must work with Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in order to remain competitive in an increasingly knowledge-based economy.

Pretoria – Legal Aid South Africa (Legal Aid SA) has condemned the attack on an advocate who is representing two people accused of kidnapping and killing a three-year-old child in Mpumalanga.

Cape Town – The Department of Higher Education and Training says the planned 12 Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges will be used to try to absorb the millions of young people who are either uneducated, unskilled or unemployed.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will lead a delegation to the 26th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit) later this week, said the Presidency.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Thursday announced that the Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) application process will start on 1 March 2016.

Pretoria – The murder of one of the top metro police officers in Ekurhuleni, Major Koert Jordan, has been strongly condemned by Mayor Mondi Gungubele.

Pretoria - With just two weeks before President Jacob Zuma takes to the podium to deliver the State of Nation Address (SONA), Parliament’s Presiding Officers say their preparations are at an advanced stage.

Pretoria – 2015 saw the lowest number of fatalities ever recorded in the mining sector since the start of mining in South Africa.

Cape Town – The South African Police Service (SAPS) Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane says police have made 466 arrests in areas where national management interventions were implemented between November 2015 and January 2016.

Pretoria - The Labour Court has dismissed an urgent application by the Department of Correctional Services’ KwaZulu-Natal Regional Commissioner, Mnikelwa Nxele, following his recent suspension.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has introduced flights to Abuja as a second gateway to Nigeria.

Pretoria - The launch of the TETRA Digital Radio Communication System and the state-of-the-art 10111 Command Centre will assist the police to respond swiftly to the needs of community members in distress.

Pretoria - The Presidency has dismissed media reports that suggest that there was no consultation process over the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act before it was signed into law by President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Education Department has conveyed condolences to the family of a learner who died on Tuesday in an accident in Johannesburg.