South Africa

Pretoria - Mpumalanga’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) created 36 450 work opportunities against a target of 23 552 in the first six months of the current financial year.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday visit the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) site in Carnarvon in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says health sciences are a top priority for Africa as the continent bears a massive disease burden.

Pretoria - At least 34 people have been arrested for public violence as service delivery protests continue in Thembelihle near Lenasia, police said on Friday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is yet to consider the remaining applications for presidential pardons.

Pretoria - The planned Majuba tie-in and maintenance outage on the bulk water pipeline supplying Kriel in Emalahleni Local Municipality is proceeding according to plan, says the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).

Pretoria – Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has credited struggle heroes Moses Kotane and JB Marks for laying a foundation for the relationship between Russia and South Africa.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has welcomed the increased infrastructure budget allocations for municipalities and the fact that a significant share will go to KZN.

Cape Town – Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says the process of selling off non-core state assets is at an advanced stage and that he cannot comment on the matter due to the market sensitivity.

Pretoria - The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) says every employer must take steps to eliminate discrimination in the workplace by ending unfair practices such as paying employees disproportionately for the same work.

Pretoria – Business executives from BRICS countries, who apply for a visa to visit South Africa for short business trips, will now receive a long-term visa allowing them multiple entries for up to 10 years.

Pretoria – Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu has condemned the ongoing violence involving foreign-owned business people and locals in some parts of the country.

Pretoria - R840 million will be allocated to historically disadvantaged institutions (HDIs) from the development grant over the next two financial years.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has welcomed the increase in the funds allocated to education by Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene in the 2015 Budget.

Cape Town – Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says due to global and domestic economic constraints, tabling this year’s budget was very difficult.