South Africa

Pretoria - Construction for the Further Education and Training (FET) College campus in Sterkspruit, in the Eastern Cape, is set to commence in April.

Pretoria – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa, says there is room for improvement with regard to communication between government and local communities.

Pretoria – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has reminded prospective students and their families to make sure that the training institutions they are enrolling in are accredited colleges.

Pretoria – Authorities have warned the public against using illicit birth control pills, as they might be harmful.

Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has condemned attempts to destabilise operations at the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral), following threats directed at staff at the Central Operations Centre (COC) in Samrand.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to investigate alleged death threats made against a journalist, who took pictures of police taking a bribe in Rustenburg recently.

Pretoria - Government has welcomed the South Gauteng High Court sentencing of Mokolo Molekoa, a former member of the South African Police Force.

Pretoria - Gauteng Department of Human Settlements MEC Ntombi Mekgwe has announced that her department has together with the City of Johannesburg reached an agreement with the residents of Princess Plot after a meeting where plans of houses were presented and welcomed by residents.

Pretoria - In a significant move aimed at re-affirming the independence and important role of Judiciaries in Africa, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will host the first ever meeting of the Executive Bureau of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CCJA), in South Africa.

Pretoria – Chief Justice Mogoeng wa Mogoeng says the concept of a single Judiciary must be viewed and understood in South Africa.

Pretoria - The South African Government has welcomed the signing of South Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army – SPLM/A agreements on the Cessation of Hostilities and the Status of Detainees, under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

Pretoria – The South African National Roads Agency Chief Executive Officer Nazir Alli has expressed concern about the second scare incident at SANRAL's Central Operations Centre, on Friday.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has urged local traffic authorities and the police to work together to get to the bottom of the cause of the accident on the R555 road in Mpumalanga, on Friday.

Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on striking parties in the mining sector to strive for a win-win solution to end the current wage dispute.

Pretoria – An internal police investigation into the deaths of four people during the public protest in Mothutlung, in the North West, has found that police members deployed to the protest did not comply with the operational prescripts as they relate to public order policing.