South Africa

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education has wished matric candidates well for their final examinations.

Pretoria - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.

It is an exciting time for South Africa following the Operation Phakisa open day on the ocean economy.

Pretoria - Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has welcomed the arrest of cable theft suspects.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday concluded his SADC facilitation visit to Lesotho.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has illustrated the urgent need to accelerate focused investment in research in Africa.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says he is satisfied with the running of the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg.

Pretoria – The Department of Social Development has appointed a Ministerial Committee to assist the department address the challenges facing the country's foster care system.

Pretoria – International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, and her Mexican counterpart Dr José Antonio Meade Kuribreña have on Friday signed six cooperation agreements aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries.

Pretoria – The strike by Gauteng Emergency Medical Services has ended, after the Gauteng Department of Health and organised labour reached an agreement on Friday.

Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation has advised that it will be implementing a planned outage of its raw water bulk pipeline between the Jericho pump station and the Kriel power station from 20 October to 31 October 2014.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has announced that government will establish a platform whereby media and government can share ideas on various issues.

Pretoria – The Presidency says a media report that President Jacob Zuma will no longer attend to his Parliamentary responsibilities is “incorrect and grossly misleading”.

Pretoria – The Department of Health has, in an update of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, reported that there are still no suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in South Africa or its neighbouring countries.

SANParks rangers shot and killed a suspected rhino poacher and another one was shot and wounded on Saturday morning