South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa’s power system is expected to remain constrained for the rest of the week going into the weekend.

Pretoria - Steady progress is being made with regards to the construction of the Medupi coal fired power station in Limpopo, Eskom said on Thursday.

Lagos - Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, on Thursday visited the scene of the collapsed building owned by TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has met with two South African learners from Moletsane High School, who are in Brisbane, Australia, to attend the G20 Youth Programme.

Pretoria - Government’s Gender-Based Violence Command Centre was on Wednesday awarded the Changing Lives Award at the 2014 AfricaCom Awards for providing telephonic support and counselling to victims of gender-based violence.

Pretoria - The need to encourage greater private sector investment and the need to improve the state’s capacity to monitor, implement and manage projects are the two major challenges facing the economy, says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.

Pretoria - Identified as the voice of the voiceless - the media - especially community media, have a crucial role to play in promoting active citizenry in the country.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education says the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) has been halted in schools where reports of food contamination have emerged.

Cape Town – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says the country needs more black female research students in the science and technology field from the new generation of students.

Pretoria - The Lydenburg Magistrate’s Court has ordered Samancor Chrome Limited to pay R200 000 for contravening the Environment Conservation Act.

Pretoria - A lot still needs to be done to promote peace and stability in the Middle East, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo.

Pretoria – Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, says as the country celebrates the 20th year since the dawn of democracy, there is a need to reflect on what the country has achieved and what challenges still lie ahead with regards to the public service.

Pretoria - A South African delegation, led by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa, is attending the World Parks Congress in Australia.

On September 12 the lives of countless South Africans were forever transformed when a multi-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed.

Lagos – The South African government says it’s still hoping to bring back this weekend, all the mortal remains of the South Africans, who died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria in September.