South Africa

Pretoria – Vice Chancellors from Gauteng universities have appealed to all in the university system to allow the 2016 academic year to get off to a good start.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has urged candidates wishing to write supplementary examinations to register immediately, as registration closes this Wednesday.

Pretoria – South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the 60mm of rain recorded at the Limpopo River over the weekend.

Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has conveyed her condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of Maritzburg United Football club star, Mondli Cele, as well as SABC sports journalist Delisile Ngwenya who died in a car accident.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will visit various schools in the Vhembe District in Limpopo, where she will hand out tablets to the best performing schools as part of the Back to School campaign.

Pretoria – The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) on Monday reiterated its call to members of the media to submit their entries for the 2016 SADC Media Awards Competition.

Pretoria - The Presidency says President Jacob Zuma regrets the erroneous statement he made last month where he said Africa was the biggest continent on earth.

Pretoria – The University of Pretoria says it will remain closed although online registrations continue.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, on receiving the 2016 Martin Luther King Legacy Award for International Service in Washington DC, in the United States.

Pretoria - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has called on the public to submit their nominations for the annual Ubuntu Awards.

Pretoria – With the drought affecting the country’s agricultural output, South Africa might need to import between five and six million tons of both white and yellow maize.

Mhinga - Communities in the Mhinga Dynasty, in Limpopo, say they will use the new Parliamentary Office to forward their ideas about what should be included in President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address scheduled for next month.

Pretoria - Chief Keobusitse Israel Moiloa of the Bahurutse Ba Ha Moiloa will be laid to rest in Zeerust tomorrow, says the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA).

Mhinga - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has encouraged communities to fully participate in their children’s schooling in order to strengthen the education system.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize, together with members of the Vanderbijlpark Parliamentary Constituency Office (PCO), visited two schools in the area as part of the “Making Schools Work” programme.