South Africa

Pretoria - Eskom on Thursday reiterated that while the system remains tight, the risk for further load-shedding this week is minimal.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education has terminated the contracts of companies implicated in the food contamination that resulted in learners being hospitalised in Limpopo.

Pretoria - With the international June 2015 deadline looming to migrate broadcasting services from analogue to digital, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has initiated the process of reviving the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration project and SA back on track.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says the National Council and Provinces and government have made a lot of progress in improving the lives of many people in various provinces in the past 20 years.

Pretoria – South Africa has been requested to reintroduce direct flights between South Africa and Burundi.

Pretoria – The Portfolio Committee on Labour is to conduct public hearings on the national minimum wage in the Western Cape this weekend.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will this weekend embark on an outreach campaign of the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) Campaign in Embalenhle in Secunda, Mpumalanga.

Pretoria – The Maintenance Amendment Bill, which will improve the maintenance system and enhance access to justice for women and children, has been tabled in Parliament.

Pretoria – The City of Tshwane has announced that it will take drastic steps against those whose municipal accounts are in arrears in a bid to recoup the R6.6 billion owed to it.

Pretoria – Government will launch the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children Campaign on 25 November.

Pretoria - South Africa’s fiscal policies have lifted 3.6 million people out of poverty in 2010/11, said Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

Pretoria - Addressing unemployment remains a top priority, says Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will attend the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia from November 15 to 16.

Pretoria - Cabinet has moved to reassure South Africans that everything is being done to address the current electricity challenges which resulted in load shedding this week.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has been appointed as a special envoy to engage Nigerian authorities with a view to expedite the repatriation of the mortal remains of the South Africans who died when a guesthouse collapsed in Lagos in September.