South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Social Development and its agencies will in the current financial year spend over R30 million procuring goods from community-based cooperatives.

Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derick Hanekom has announced that R100 million has been invested in growing the tourism sector in the country.

Pretoria - The Presidency has expressed shock and outrage at the attack on Judge Ian Farlam, who chaired the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, meted out by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza.

In order to bolster service delivery where it matters the most, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has embarked on a recruitment drive which aims to attract an additional 6 252 members to the police force during this 2015/2016 financial year.

Pretoria – The first batch of National Human Settlements Youth Brigades have arrived in Thabanchu, Free State, for the Character-Build Training programme.

Pretoria - The power system is currently stable enabling Eskom to perform maintenance without load shedding.

Pretoria - The SA Agulhas II has returned from a successful winter research expedition, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Sunday.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs will today host a Women and Environment Dialogue which will take stock of the environment sector’s gender mainstreaming progress.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged young women to choose fields like research, science and technology and other currently male-dominated fields as their career disciplines.

Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma says he would convene a meeting which will look at promoting the rule of law and stability, strengthening labour relations, improving working and liv

Pretoria-As South Africa marks three years since the killing of the 44 people during the violent strike in Marikana in 2012, President Jacob Zuma has called for unity.

Pretoria- The Department of Water and Sanitation has welcomed the sentence against Bosveld Phosphate (PTY) Ltd in relation to environmental degradation and water offences.

Pretoria-The first commercial flight from Wonderboom airport will take to the sky enroute to Cape Town today.

Pretoria-South Africa is to host the 2015 International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) and the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Cape Town.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government is considering reopening the old Kempton Park Hospital.