South Africa

Pretoria – Water supply and sanitation performance are set to improve in Gauteng following the launch of the Water and Sanitation Forum.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier David Makhura has joined South Africans in mourning the death of TV personality, Simba Mhere.

Pretoria – South Africa’s efforts to grow the economy and create jobs through research and innovation topped the agenda at the first Innovation Bridge technology showcase and matchmaking event, currently underway in Pretoria.

Pretoria - Power has been restored back to the Limpopo provincial government in terms of the withdrawal of administrators from that province.

Pretoria - Catch the live broadcast of the 2015 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in your community on 12 February 2015 at 7pm.

Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, says he will appoint a commission of enquiry across the entire private education system in the province, to investigate racial issues affecting learners in private schools.

Pretoria – Government is preparing to repatriate more bodies that have remained in Nigeria, following the building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), last year.

Pretoria - The Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has offered a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to 24 young female matriculants to undergo specialised aviation training to become Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs).

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has addressed a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question relating to government advertising spending, which is managed by the Department of Communications.

Pretoria - South Africans have been called to have their say on what should be included in President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), scheduled for next week.

Pretoria – In an effort to enhance and elevate the structured bilateral cooperation between them, South Africa and Sudan have taken a decision to raise the Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation to a ministerial level.

Pretoria – Repair work on the Lower Orange River Government Water Scheme (LORGWS) Canal downstream of the Clanwilliam Dam, in the Western Cape, has been completed.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will proceed with the enquiry into the fitness of the National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana to hold office, the Presidency has said.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma congratulated South African Professor Salim S Abdool Karim, for receiving the African Union's (AU) annual Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award in the field of Earth and Life Science.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma is today meeting with President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan as part of South Africa’s efforts to strengthen relations with that country, the Presidency said on Sunday.