South Africa

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.

Pretoria – South Africa has deployed 140 members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) to the Kingdom of Lesotho to ensure long term political and security stability.

Pretoria - The South African Police Services (SAPS) on Thursday said three suspects arrested in connection with mall robberies in Gauteng are expected to appear in court together soon.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said government has taken steps to expand access to services for pregnant women and their infants, through the Primary Health Care Approach.

Durban – South Africa needs to sharpen its innovative edge and continue contributing to global scientific and technological advancement, says Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele.

Pretoria - Government has dismissed media reports claiming that the reconfigured executive will cost taxpayers an additional R66 million a year.