South Africa

Pretoria – The Department of Labour says it has found that the construction industry has a less than 50 percent rate of compliance to health and safety.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Saturday, 18 July, officially open a newly upgraded state-of-the-art school and participate in community development project activities in Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, in honour of Mandela Day.

Pretoria - Department of Trade and Industry (dti) Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina has assured South Africans that the Pretoria High Court’s decision will not lead to the suspension of the national lottery and that the lotto will continue.

Pretoria - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has ordered a probe into the conduct of two Mpumalanga doctors to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of a teenage mother at Evander Hospital.

Pretoria - As part of cleaning up the streets and making communities safer in line with the National Development Plan, police destroyed 14 382 firearms on Thursday.

Pretoria - As part of improving the living conditions of South Africa’s most impoverished citizens, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will on Friday take Project Mikondzo to residents of Mantsopa, in the Free State.

Pretoria - There is currently no load shedding taking place with Eskom not having implemented load shedding for the past nine days.

Pretoria - South Africa and Russia have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) that are aimed at strengthening efforts between the two countries in the field of nuclear energy, said the Department of Energy.

Pretoria - Department of Trade and Industry (dti) Minister Rob Davies has committed to implement the judgement handed down by the Pretoria High Court regarding the rewarding of the licence to Ithuba Holdings to operate the national lottery.

Pretoria – The Presidency says it has noted the request of the Chief Justice to meet with President Zuma to discuss the concerns he raised.

Pretoria - Government has welcomed the conclusion of the coroner’s inquest, instituted by the Lagos State Government, to investigate the collapse of a guest house owned by the Synagogue Church of All Nations.

Pretoria - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will tomorrow receive a detailed progress report from the business community regarding the fight against HIV and Aids and Tuberculosis (TB) in the Gert Sibande District, in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that they have received a request to assist the police with their anti-crime operations under Operation Fiela.

Sixty-one years ago, the Freedom Charter was adopted and signed by delegates to the Congress of the People in Kliptown.

Soweto – Initiation is a time honoured African custom where a boy enters initiation school to be taught endurance and the basic societal roles a man is to play, however, it is also a time of worry for many because of the health risks involved with this rite of passage to manhood.