South Africa

Pretoria – The Mpumalanga Provincial Government has appointed the MEC for Finance, Eric Kholwane, to the role of curator in the ailing provincial Department of Health.

Pretoria - Electricity is to be restored to areas in Soweto that had been without power due to cable theft, Eskom said on Friday.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has claimed R30 000 in unpaid rentals from 13 former MPs, who overstayed at the Parliamentary Villages, after the expiry of their month-long grace period, on 7 June.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa are in Paris to attend the 98th anniversary of the battle of Delville Wood, which occurred during World War 1.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says his department is ready to deal with challenges arising from the new Immigration Act.

Pretoria - South African citizens are in for a treat on Mandela Day on 18 July. Selected Ster Kinekor cinemas across the country will be screening the movie Long Walk to Freedom free.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has paid tribute to Professor Russel Botman, the Vice Chancellor of Stellenbosch University.

Pretoria - Eight of the nine Daveyton policemen implicated in the murder of Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Macia, have been fired.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation that will lay the foundation for the structure of government departments in the new administration.

Vereeniging – Youth in Vereeniging have been inspired to venture into a number of entrepreneurial opportunities rather than just aspire to be employed.

Pretoria – The head of the Financial Services Board (FSB), Advocate Dube Tshidi, says they will not tolerate any form of corruption.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMCs) that will form part of the new government system of the fifth democratic administration.

Johannesburg - The new Minister at the helm of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Pravin Gordhan, says the new administration will be in regular contact with the public, while holding local government accountable.

Pretoria – Government and its partners have called on communities to report illegal initiation schools in their communities in a bid to save lives of initiates.

Pretoria – Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has described Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa as a pioneer, whose contribution helped to take South Africa’s struggle for liberation forward.