South Africa

Johannesburg - Hard work, dedication and discipline were the ingredients of success for Rashmika Deeplal of Isipingo Secondary School in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the matric class of 2014, who achieved a 75.8% pass rate.

Johannesburg – The matric class of 2014 has achieved a pass rate of 75.8%.

Pretoria - The Jacob Zuma Foundation, which is known primarily for its charitable activities in the field of education, has partnered with the Roman Catholic Church to improve the existing translation of the Bible into isiZulu.

Pretoria – Energy Minister, Tina Joematt-Pettersson, has welcomed the huge decrease in the fuel prices, saying they will be a big relief to motorists and users of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and paraffin, especially in low income households.

Pretoria – In just a few hours the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, will announce the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results.

Pretoria – The Department of Arts and Culture has conveyed its condolences to legendary piano maestro, Pat Matshikiza.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says while it continues to monitor the levels in all the rivers and dams in the country very closely, with higher emphasis on the areas more prone to flooding, there is no immediate threat of flooding at the moment.

Beijing - A team of multinational specialists will arrive at the suspected crash site of an AirAsia jetliner off Borneo Island on Friday, in an effort to help the search operation for the plane's black boxes.

Beijing - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday requested an immediate investigation into the cause of a stampede that broke out during a New Year Eve celebration in downtown Shanghai.

Fellow South Africans, We have come to the end of a special year, in which we celebrated 20 years of freedom and progress we have made in building a united, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has declared a special Provincial Official Funeral for Caroline Motsoaledi, the Presidency announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria – The number of road crashes and fatalities between 1 December and 28 December have decreased slightly compared to last year.

Pretoria – The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, Umalusi, says the 2014 matric exams were fair and credible, despite incidents of copying in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - The Presidency says it is alarmed by what it describes as a personal attack on President Jacob Zuma by Max du Preez in an article that appeared in the Independent News titles today, which also contains factual errors.