South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says he is pleased and honoured that South Africa is hosting the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) this week in Cape Town.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says Africa is gradually expanding its future workforce in science and engineering through astronomy.

Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says it has cleared the 4 000 outstanding applications for Unabridged Birth Certificates ahead of today’s commencement of the new Passport and Travel Documents Act.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has warned that communities cannot keep accepting the abuse of children, by parents and teachers.

Pretoria - There is currently no load shedding as there is enough generating capacity to meet demand, Eskom said on Monday.

Pretoria - The new Passport and Travel Documents Act officially took effect from this morning.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramapahosa has arrived in Nairobi on the first leg of a two-nation visit aimed at boosting the stalled peace talks in South Sudan.

Pretoria - The search for other galaxies will be one of the topics under discussion at the South African Large Telescope (SALT) Science Conference, this week.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' will today launch their Youth Month commemoration schedule when they “Kick off for food security”.

Pretoria- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has today left the country on a working visit to Nairobi, Kenya, and will later land in Juba, South Sudan, to meet with Presidents of the two countries.

Pretoria- Eskom on Sunday said it has no plans to implement load shedding in the country, as the power utility has enough generating capacity to meet the demand.

Pretoria-The Department of Correctional Services on Sunday said the number of children awaiting trial in the country’s remand detention facilities has decreased by 74%.

Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma was on Sunday participating in the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Pretoria-The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mxolisi Nxasana, will leave his position on Monday the Presidency said on Sunday.

Pretoria- commitment to sustain peace and stability in South Africa were orders of the day on Sunday, during the Annual Memorial Services held at Freedom Park and Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria.