South Africa

Pretoria - The Hawks have arrested a couple in Port Elizabeth for alleged money laundering and six charges of possession, acquisition and use of stolen property.

Pretoria - Suspended Hawks head Anwa Dramat has been placed on leave, the Police Ministry has confirmed.

Pretoria - South Africans will continue to draw inspiration from the late former President Nelson Mandela, says President Jacob Zuma.

Cape Town – There was much movement in and around the Parliamentary precinct on Tuesday afternoon as officials geared up for President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Cape Town – When the Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation paid a surprise visit to the Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre on Tuesday, he instructed nursing staff to attend to elderly patients who had been waiting in long queues for over three hours.

Pretoria - Following the biggest water supply interruption experienced by Gauteng residents in September last year, the City of Ekurhuleni will go on a door-to-door campaign to get residents involved in the fight against water losses.

Pretoria – Government has dismissed as a hoax a statement that has gone viral, which alleges Eskom notified government that the main grid could possibly crash and plunge the country into darkness for two weeks.

Pretoria – Live screenings of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be held in all nine provinces to ensure that communities are able to join in the important occasion.

Pretoria – Public hearings into the Private Security Sector are currently underway with the Department of Labour reviewing the minimum wage and working conditions of employment in the sector.

Pretoria – The North West Department of Local Government and Human Settlements is to demolish the mining hostels at Khuma township to make way for decent family units for hostel dwellers.

Pretoria - Acting Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) Chief Operations Officer, Jay Morar, says there is about R456 million worth of unclaimed benefits for Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) members, as at December 2014.

Pretoria – The Department of Mineral Resources is reviewing progress made in the attainment of the objectives set out in the Mining Charter.

Pretoria – Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, says the proper rules, convention and precedence will be applied if there are any interruptions to the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday.

Pretoria - Acting Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) Chief Operations Officer, Jay Morar, has set the record straight on pension fund rumours that have led to scores of resignations in the public sector.

Pretoria – Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa on Tuesday announced a committee of inquiry that will look into matters of rhino poaching, including the feasibility of trade in rhino horn.