South Africa

Pretoria – The Department of Higher Education and Training says there has been no amnesty or suspension of loan repayments to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

Pretoria - Eskom will restart the process for a contract to rebuild the Duvha 3 boiler which was expected to be concluded by the end of June 2016.

Pretoria - The Department of Energy has expressed concern at the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) expressing interest to purchase Chevron assets.

There have been a number of violent protests in various parts of the country recently. The reasons for the protests vary, but inevitably the legitimacy of protests get undermined by lawlessness and looting.

The transformation of the country’s R124 billion revenue marketing, advertising and media sector is imperative, given the strong influence it has on the aspirations and values of many South Africans.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane has received international recognition at the World Wi-Fi Day Awards for Most Innovative City or Government Program to bridge the Digital Divide.

Pretoria – The university town of Grahamstown will once again play host to the National Arts Festival.

Johannesburg – A documentary entitled Ithubalami: My rehabilitation path to new beginnings, which documents the offender rehabilitation programme, was launched on Wednesday evening.

Pretoria - Government has strongly condemned the recent incidents of looting and destruction of property that have been reported over the past weeks in areas that have been affected by protests across the country.

Pretoria – Two hundred parties and 61 014 candidates will contest the 2016 Local Government Elections on 3 August, the Electoral Commission announced on Wednesday.

Pretoria – The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has welcomed the release of the Financial Census of Municipalities for year ending 30 June 2015, by Statistics South Africa.

Johannesburg – About 500 foreign nationals from various countries were today officially given South African citizenships.

Pretoria – Brand South Africa has welcomed South Africa’s improvement by 14 places in the World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index.

Cape Town – Municipal income of South Africa’s 278 municipalities has gone up by R25.5 billion from all sources of income for the financial year ended 30 June 2015.

Pretoria - The South African government on Wednesday condemned in the strongest possible terms the attack at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul that killed about 36 people.