South Africa

The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) says it stands by the validity of the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report, which was released in 2012.

A dedicated team has been set up to deal with the bird flu outbreak in the North West.

The City of Cape Town’s Flooding and Storms Task Team has completed its annual flood risk assessment to mitigate the impact of severe weather episodes during the winter season.

The Joint Constitutional Review Committee, set up to review Section 25 of the Constitution to make it possible for the state to expropriate land without compensation, has called for written public submissions.

The late struggle icon Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been laid to rest at the Fourways Memorial Park.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to honour the memory of the late struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, by uniting in a common purpose to heal the divisions of the past and eradicate inequality.

The formal programme at the funeral of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Orlando Stadium drew to a close, just as the rain began to fall.

Eulogy by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Orlando Stadium, Soweto

Minister in the Presidency for Women and ANC Women’s League President, Bathabile Dlamini, has told mourners that the heavens must be happy to receive the spirit of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

A true activist, who used her voice to speak for the voiceless. This is how Mme Mokgobo remembers her close friend Mama Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela.

The Gauteng Provincial Government has arranged transport for the funeral service of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Saturday.

Minister for Public Service and Administration Ayanda Dlodlo has met with the leadership of the unions that are involved in the public service wage negotiations.

Orlando Stadium in Soweto is a hive of activity ahead of the funeral service of struggle icon Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela, who will be laid to rest on Saturday.

Mourners are this morning making their way to Orlando Stadium in Soweto to pay their final respects to late struggle icon Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Police managed to rescue a 1-year-old toddler in Kwadwesi on Wednesday after her father threw her from the roof of a shack during an operation to demolish illegal structures by the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality.