South Africa

Pretoria - Power utility Eskom has noted Moody’s decision to downgrade it to Ba2 from Ba1.

Cape Town – Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has called on young South Africans to aspire to be employers instead of job seekers.

Pretoria - The Hawks have arrested three men following the discovery of heroine worth R104 million on Monday.

London - A massive fire engulfed a 27-story apartment building in western London early on Wednesday, three hours after police received the first report of the blaze.

Pretoria – The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission (B-BBEE Commission) has welcomed the Department of Trade and Industry’s lowering of its threshold for major B-BBEE ownership transactions.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has signed and gazetted the coming into operation of various provisions of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) Act, 2017.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is back in the National Assembly today to answer his last oral questions for this term of Parliament.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the arrest of two people and the recovery of 10 rhino horn valued at R2.8 million at O R Tambo International Airport.

Pretoria - The Department of Human Settlements says banks should not, under any circumstances, auction government subsidised RDP houses to settle any debt.

Pretoria - Public Works Minister Nathi Nhleko has urged the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) to continuously replenish human resources in the built environment with youthful, enthusiastic as well as determined young people.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has called on young people of today to emulate the spirit of the youth of 1976 by contributing immensely to building a united, non-racial, non-sexist, safe and prosperous South Africa.

In a country where finding work is a daily struggle for many, a Twitter hashtag is doing its bit in helping jobseekers get their foot in the door of the South African labour market.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has confirmed that the documents circulated through social media on Monday with respect to the Gupta family naturalisation application are genuine.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education (DBE) says it is considering merging the results of the National Senior Certificate and its supplementary exams to paint a more accurate picture of matric results in the country.

Pretoria - The 2017 tax season will open for individuals on 1 July, and SARS has released some handy tips and information to make the process pain free for taxpayers.