South Africa

Nairobi - The death toll from the terrorist attack in the besieged Westgate shopping mall is set to rise after some bodies were still trapped inside the mall.

Mdantsane – South Africans across the country today marked Heritage Day, with Acting President Kgalema Motlanthe calling on citizens to celebrate their diverse cultures.

Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the National Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Summit, which will take place from 3 - 5 October 2013 in Midrand, Gauteng.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed moves to initiate the construction of the new Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria – With the recent spate of deadly accidents on the country’s roads, Cabinet has urged all motorists to exercise caution while behind the wheel.

Pretoria – Cabinet has commended the efforts of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and all organisations that have partnered with government in the fight against crime.

Pretoria - Cabinet has condemned in the strongest terms the sabotage to the electricity grid during an illegal strike that resulted in power outages in parts of Johannesburg.

Pretoria - The Water Research Commission (WRC), in partnership with the Departments of Water Affairs (DWA) and Science and Technology (DST), will host a two-day Water Research and Development Symposium at the CSIR International Convention Centre, which kicks off on Wednesday, 25 September.

Pretoria – Transport Deputy Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga will on Wednesday host the World Maritime Day Career Expo and Exhibition at the Mittah Seperepere Conference Centre in Kimberly in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria – Five learners from the Northern Cape will compete in the National Road Safety Debates on 25 and 26 September in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - As South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, Brand South Africa has called on the youth to be part of the country’s developmental revolution.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security, the Household Food and Nutrition Security Strategy and the Fetsa Tlala Food Production intervention, which will reduce poverty amongst the nation’s most vulnerable groups.

Pretoria - Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet and the MEC for Human Settlements, Helen Sauls-August, will on Friday, 27 September, hand over houses built under the Informal Settlements Upgrading Programme in Mayfield, Grahamstown.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation, Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha, has urged the youth to seize the opportunities provided by government to improve their living conditions.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has condemned in the strongest terms the murder of Environmental Affairs employee, Dorris Bongumusa Buthelezi.