South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa’s strengthening rand has made a contribution to the country regaining the title of the continent’s largest economy in nominal terms.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education says it is pleased with the attendance at schools in the Vuwani area and that schools that were severely damaged by fires are going an extra mile to ensure that the catch up process begins.

Pretoria - Water outages in Agisang and Sannieshof in the North West have been resolved and water supply is now fully restored, said the Department of Water and Sanitation.

Pretoria - Eskom has been ranked sixth in the world in an index of the most gender-diverse power utilities.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi is expected to attend the annual conference of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ), which will take place in Cape Town, on Friday.

Pretoria - The nomination process for the next Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and eight Commissioners of the African Union (AU) Commission has been re-opened.

Pretoria - Communities across the country are set to benefit from the services of the re-established Department of Water and Sanitation’s call centre.

Pretoria - As part of the ongoing campaign to protect girls against cervical cancer, the Gauteng Departments of Health and Education are in the process of rolling out a province-wide second dose vaccination campaign to protect girls from being infected with Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

Pretoria - Mugoidwa Secondary School in the Tshivhulana Village in Vuwani, Limpopo, was set alight on Tuesday night in an act of vandalism.

Pretoria - Eskom has suspended three senior managers at its Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape.

Pretoria – Veteran of the 1956 Women's March, Sophie De Bruyn, says she is proud to be South African and has had her spirit revived at the National Women’s Day celebrations.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says the women who marched to the Union Buildings in 1956 laid a firm foundation for the restoration of the freedom and the dignity of women.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has dismissed rumours of a Rotavirus outbreak in the province.

Pretoria – There were mixed emotions when President Jacob Zuma unveiled the Women’s Living Heritage Monument at Lillian Ngoyi Square in Pretoria earlier on Tuesday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has referred the Performing Animals Protection Bill back to the National Assembly for reconsideration.