South Africa

Mankweng - The high rate of fatal crashes on South Africa’s roads is abnormal, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - South Africa remains a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and will support any decision of the African Union regarding the continent’s membership in the tribunal, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Mirriam Nchoe from Phitshane, a village outside Mahikeng, started growing a few vegetables on a one-hectare plot in 2007.

Johannesburg – The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, has encouraged learners from Diepsloot West Secondary School to take up careers in the scarce and critical skills fields, which will make a positive contribution to the South African economy.

Pretoria – Visually impaired matriculants will no longer have to ask people to read their matric results for them.

Sebayeng - President Jacob Zuma has officially unveiled the R81 road, which links the rural town of Giyani and the city of Polokwane, near Mankweng in Limpopo on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has urged motorists in Gauteng to obtain their e-tags ahead of the introduction of e-tolling on the province’s national road network.

Pretoria – The provincial Department of Health is working hard to address backlogs in surgeries at central and tertiary hospitals in Gauteng, says MEC for Health Hope Papo.

With every passing day since 1994, life in South Africa has changed for the better. In one important area this change has unfolded before our very eyes.

Pretoria - South Africa and Kazakhstan are set to strengthen bilateral relations when International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim hosts Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kairat Sarybay, later this week.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has wished Nobel laureate, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a happy birthday, as he turns 82 today.

Pretoria – Government says it will engage the public in its second Imbizo Focus Week.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Education Department has launched an investigation to probe allegations against a Johannesburg teacher, who sent one of his learners a picture of himself naked.

Durban -KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has announced the appointment of the current Provincial Legislature Speaker, Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni, as the new MEC for Education.

Midrand - South Africa has achieved during the past 19 years a level of macro-economic stability not seen before the dawn of democracy in 1994, says Transport Minister Dipuo Peters.