South Africa

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says he was touched by IFP Member of Parliament, Mario Oriani-Ambrosini’s impassioned plea, to have marijuana decriminalised.

Pretoria – The Limpopo provincial government has committed to providing a comprehensive health service that promotes good health, prevents illness, provides care and rehabilitative services to the ill and people with disabilities.

Pretoria - Eskom on Thursday declared an electricity emergency and asked its industrial customers to reduce their load by 10% as of this afternoon.

Pretoria - The Limpopo Provincial Government is in the process of reviewing and aligning its growth and development strategy to the National Development Plan to put the province on a higher trajectory of economic development.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma says affirmative action is needed to reverse the effects of apartheid that saw millions of South Africans excluded from participating in the economy for years.

Pretoria - The new board of the Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) will be appointed before the end of this month, Premier Stanley Mathabatha says.

Pretoria – Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha says South Africans have many reasons to celebrate the country's twenty years of freedom and democracy.

Pretoria - Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha says all schools in that province had received textbooks when schools re-opened this academic year.

Pretoria - The annual Mapungubwe Arts Festival, to celebrate 20 years of freedom and democracy, will be celebrated in Limpopo.

Pretoria - Police have arrested two 16-year-old male teenagers from Dobsonville, for the murder of two George Khosa Secondary School girls, who were found dead yesterday.

Pretoria - Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, has paid tribute to the late Professor Mbulelo Mzamane, saying his passing is a monumental loss to the academic and literary community.

East London - Eastern Cape commuters with disabilities in the Amathole region will finally have access to a user-friendly public transport.

Pretoria – The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has developed what it calls the Cross-Functional Accident Reduction Plan (CFARP) which aims to reduce accidents in the general aviation sector, in a coordinated manner.

Vereeniging – Travelling for Sedibeng locals and visitors to the district municipality is set to become easier, with the launch of a modern transport facility signalling a change for the better, in how the townsfolk get from point A to B.

Pretoria – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has invited the public and interested parties to submit comments on the draft Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing (BABS) amendment regulations.