South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has officially opened the first Presidential Interfaith Working Group meeting at the Union Buildings in the capital city.

Pretoria - Learners from 10 schools in Gauteng will join hundreds of organisations to celebrate Safer Internet Day (SID) on 10 February.

Pretoria - Power utility Eskom will today again implement stage two load-shedding.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has established an enquiry to determine the fitness of Mxolisi Nxasana to hold office as National Director of Public Prosecutions, the Presidency announced on Thursday.

Pretoria - A C130 military aircraft landed in Pretoria in the early hours of Friday morning containing the bodies of the remaining victims of the Nigeria tragedy.

Pretoria - The campaign of marketing South Africa to the world needs to be taken to a higher gear, says Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications chairperson, Joyce Clementine Moloi-Moropa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has set 1 March as the date on which the Legal Aid South Africa Act will come into operation, says the Presidency.

Pretoria - The Presidency on Thursday said it appreciates the participation of the public in the preparations for the State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Pretoria – The city’s water and sanitation service provider, Johannesburg Water, would like to inform residents about a planned water disruption that will affect a number of areas in the Johannesburg region from 2pm on 7 February until 3pm on 8 February.

Pretoria - In an effort to apprehend South Africa’s most wanted criminals, police have put out a national list of 25 most wanted suspects, who have been connected to serious offences countrywide.

Pretoria - Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has warned that any form of abuse around military bases will not be tolerated.

Pretoria - The Limpopo Provincial Executive Council (Exco) will soon visit protest-hit Malamulele to assess the cost of damage to property.

Pretoria - Eskom has today implemented stage two load-shedding due to a shortage of generation capacity.

Pretoria – A C130 military aircraft has departed South Africa with a team of military health personnel and forensic pathologists to Nigeria to repatriate more bodies that have remained in that country.

Pretoria - Eskom will move from stage 1 to stage 2 load-shedding at 2pm this afternoon, which is expected to continue until 10pm this evening.