South Africa

Pretoria - The power system is currently stable with Eskom not having implemented load shedding for over a week.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has welcomed the Labour Court’s decision to dismiss an application from several unions to prevent the national carrier from proceeding with a retrenchment exercise.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says she is pleased with the promulgation of the Employment Services Act, 2014, which took effect from 9 August 2015, coinciding with Women’s Day in South Africa.

Pretoria - An administrator has been appointed to implement interventions in the Oudshoorn Local Municipality, says the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Ministry.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation, in partnership with the Ventersdorp Local Municipality, have completed the upgrade of the R52 million Ventersdorp Bulk Water Supply project.

Pretoria – Government has already met the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals of reducing the number of people who don’t have access to basic water supply by half.

Pretoria - The Department of Social Development and its agencies will in the current financial year spend over R30 million procuring goods from community-based cooperatives.

Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derick Hanekom has announced that R100 million has been invested in growing the tourism sector in the country.

Pretoria - The Presidency has expressed shock and outrage at the attack on Judge Ian Farlam, who chaired the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, meted out by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza.

In order to bolster service delivery where it matters the most, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has embarked on a recruitment drive which aims to attract an additional 6 252 members to the police force during this 2015/2016 financial year.

Pretoria – The first batch of National Human Settlements Youth Brigades have arrived in Thabanchu, Free State, for the Character-Build Training programme.

Pretoria - The power system is currently stable enabling Eskom to perform maintenance without load shedding.

Pretoria - The SA Agulhas II has returned from a successful winter research expedition, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Sunday.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs will today host a Women and Environment Dialogue which will take stock of the environment sector’s gender mainstreaming progress.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged young women to choose fields like research, science and technology and other currently male-dominated fields as their career disciplines.