South Africa

Boksburg – The efforts of the country’s finest educators were recognised in a glittering awards ceremony last night, held in Boksburg, on the East Rand.

Johannesburg – Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says the international friendly played between five-time world champs Brazil and Bafana Bafana is a great display of South Africa’s prowess as host of sporting events.

Pretoria- International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has concluded her working visit to Geneva, Switzerland, where she participated in the high-level segment of the 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).

Pretoria - Eskom is in a much better position to manage load shedding than in the last episode in 2008, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday.

Pretoria – South Africa is participating in one of the world’s leading travel trade shows, the Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB), which is currently underway in Berlin, Germany.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies will hold talks with food processing companies on Friday to share views on how the agro-processing sector can be expanded to stimulate job creation.

Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has appointed 18 new sheriffs to fill vacancies countrywide.

Pretoria – South Africa will continue to lend a hand to African institutions to ensure that the dream of a better Africa is realised, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Cabinet has called on South Africans to celebrate Human Rights Day, which will be held in Sharpeville, Gauteng, on 21 March.

Pretoria – Cabinet has congratulated the schools and teachers who have been nominated for the National Teachers Awards.

Pretoria – South Africa will observe National Water Week from 17 – 23 March, with a theme that celebrates the country’s achievements over the last two decades of democracy.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the Department of Science and Technology’s continued support for the National Science Festival, known as Scifest Africa.

Pretoria – Cabinet says the amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill 2014 will ensure the legislation conforms to the International Organisation standards.

Pretoria- Cabinet has expressed its abhorrence at the recent murders of two Dobsonville teenagers in an alleged occult-related ritual.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the announcement made by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) Consortium on the discovery of potent new HIV antibodies that could neutralise and kill multiple strains of HIV.