South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has signed the Public Administration Management Act, 2014 (Act No. 11 of 2014) into law.

Pretoria – As 2014 draws to a close, President Jacob Zuma reflects on the year that was.

Pretoria - Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has welcomed the arrest of 16 members of a rhino horn smuggling syndicate in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Pretoria – Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Jacob Mamabolo has welcomed the sentencing of a former City of Johannesburg official, who was found guilty for his involvement in the illegal sale of State land in Lenasia.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will today kick off its annual festive season marine protection awareness campaign in Paternoster on the west coast.

Pretoria – The Mpumalanga Department of Education has allocated 250 bursaries to learners who want to pursue teaching as their career, with a special focus on Maths, Science, Accounting, Economics and Agriculture.

Pretoria - Although constrained, South Africa’s power system is expected to remain stable for this week and for the rest of the festive season, said power utility Eskom.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, is no longer going to shut down taxi operations following incidents of taxi violence in Mamelodi, Reiger Park, Vosloorus and Emfuleni.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Deputy Minister Andries Nel has appealed for collaboration across the three spheres of government in implementing the Back to Basics programme.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will today meet with the older persons and community of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga to urge the community to exercise responsible behaviour during this festive season.

The Auditor General recently released an audit report of our municipalities, state entities and government departments.

In the past 20 years, our country has made significant strides in consolidating democracy and rolling out basic services such as electricity particularly to those deliberately excluded from these services by apartheid.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko says buying stolen goods makes the buyers complicit like the criminals who murder, rape and inflict serious mental and bodily injury.

Pretoria - It remains the prerogative of Cabinet to revoke the intervention in terms of section 100(1)(b) of the Constitution from the five Limpopo provincial departments.

Pretoria - Since the start of the festive season in December, six drunk drivers have been arrested through intensified law enforcement operations in the Northern Cape.