South Africa

Pretoria - Johnny Dladla has been appointed as the acting Group Chief Executive of Eskom with immediate effect.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department for Roads and Transport has suspended the licenses of 24 private and public vehicle testing stations (VTSs).

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the White Paper on the National Health Insurance (NHI) to be gazetted as a policy document.

Pretoria - About 500 young people were trained in basic information and communications technology (ICT) skills as part of the Internet for All Initiative community session.

Pretoria - Parliament has welcomed and affirmed to abide by Thursday’s Constitutional Court decision regarding the application for a secret ballot in a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the National Research Foundation (NRF) Amendment Bill of 2017 for submission to Parliament.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will visit the Eastern Cape to monitor the improvement of service delivery in Lusikisiki and the surrounding communities.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the publication of the Customary Initiation Bill.

Pretoria - The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has urged students, who received funding, to sign their Loan Agreement Forms (LAFs) within 30 days from the day they receive the forms.

Pretoria - Regional trade and industrialisation will form part of discussions at the 5th Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit to be attended by President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Government remains on track in maintaining its fiscal framework, ensuring policy certainty, and working to ensure inclusive growth and economic transformation, Cabinet said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says transformation in the Construction Management Unit of the department will be prioritised.

By Faith Muthambi

He was among the winners at the National Youth Awards and this past Friday, he was a special guest of President Jacob Zuma at the National Youth Day celebrations held in the North West province.

Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says concerted action must be taken to speed up reforms in the agriculture sector so that more marginalised people can be brought into the mainstream economy.