South Africa

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has announced the Interim Committee for the South African Creative Industries Federation.

Pretoria - The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has strongly condemned the recent spate of gender-based violence incidents against children, regardless of the perpetrators being minors or older persons.

Pretoria - The North West provincial government will spend R84.25 million on Emergency Medical Rescue Service (EMRS) Satellite Stations and a new planned patient transport model, Premier Thandi Modise has announced.

Pretoria - Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande will next Tuesday convene a summit on issues that continue to pose a significant challenge to the functioning of Walter Sisulu University (WSU).

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma on Saturday joined the family and friends of Martha Mahlangu in a moving funeral ceremony in Memelodi West to bid farewell to the heroine who played an important role in the liberation struggle of the country.

Sharpeville-Government is planning to implement the next phase of its proposed National Health Insurance scheme in the next five years, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday.

Sharpeville - When freedom and democracy dawned in 1994, human rights became the anchor of the democratic government, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has conveyed her condolences to the families of three children, who were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a crash at a railway crossing in Rustenburg.

Pretoria - The National Council against Gender-Based Violence (NCGBV) has sent its condolences to the family of the nine-year-old girl, who recently passed away after being raped and set alight.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise says fixing infrastructure damaged by floods, which the preliminary assessment estimated at over R100 million, will require emergency funding to be fast tracked.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says countries worldwide should embrace the concept of the blue economy as a means of reaching higher growth levels through marine resources.

Pretoria – Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the restoration of human dignity is one the best aspects of the country’s freedom and democracy.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will address the nation in remembrance of Human Rights Day under the theme ‘Celebrating 20 years of changing lives through human rights’ at the Sharpville cricket pitch.

Pretoria - Acting Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Angie Motshekga says Cabinet is pleased with the awarding of a R50-billion contract by Transnet for the building of 1 064 locomotives.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the report from the Ministerial Task Team on Mathematics and Science Foundation Programmes, to be published in the Government Gazette for public comment.