South Africa

Benoni – As the population of Ekurhuleni currently grows at a rate of between 3 and 4 percent yearly, the area has become one of the largest informal settlements in the country.

Pretoria – The Reserve Bank on Thursday kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.75% per annum.

Pretoria – Infrastructure development on the continent has gained momentum, with a special office to be set up soon, to champion this cause.

Johannesburg – Girl learners from schools around Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, will no longer have to stay away from school during their menstruation, thanks to the launch of the Sanitary Pads Project.

Pretoria – An internal public service pool of legal and labour relations specialists will be set up to deal with the backlog of pending precautionary suspension cases in the public service.

Pretoria - Cabinet has congratulated the winners of the inaugural essay competition on the life of Nat Nakasa, a prominent journalist whose remains returned to South Africa after 50 years on 19 August 2014.

Midrand - President Jacob Zuma says great strides have been made in delivering basic services to South African communities in the past 14 years since the inception of a democratic local government.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the transfer of the Department of Health’s shares in the Biological and Vaccines Institute (Biovac) of Southern Africa, to the Department of Science and Technology.

Pretoria – Cabinet has come out in support of the SADC Summit’s resolutions which mandated Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to act as a facilitator in Lesotho.

Pretoria - The Department of Small Business Development has identified three fake Facebook accounts, which claim to be that of Minister Lindiwe Zulu.

Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has established an Inter-Ministerial Task Team to help manage the tragic collapse of a building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations.

South Africa this year celebrates 14 years of local government. This period has been marked by seismic changes, which were necessary to overhaul the dysfunctional administrative and political structure the apartheid government had imposed on our nation.

Our founding President Nelson Mandela often highlighted the profound impact water had in changing lives. He shared his personal experience of growing up in the former Transkei where water for household use had to be drawn each day.

Pretoria - As part of the Thusong Service Centre week, Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni–Abrahams will today launch the Thusong Success Stories Booklet at Leretlhabetse Thusong Service Centre, in Moretele Municipality, North West.

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has promoted 7 524 members in various divisions countrywide.