South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his condolences on the passing of renowned South African cardiologist Professor Bongani Mayosi who died on Friday.

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has joined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in encouraging awareness, testing and treatment for viral hepatitis, where needed.

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has refuted media reports that customs officials discovered R4 and R5 rifles, 7.62mm light machine guns and ammunition on-board an aircraft at Waterkloof Ai

Work on the much-awaited Sedibeng Water Treatment Plant project will begin soon after Water and Sanitation Minister Gugile Nkwinti signed an agreement with the Gauteng government paving the way for the project.

The 10th BRICS summit, which concluded on Friday in Johannesburg was a festival of bilaterals, said President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The 10th BRICS Summit, which took place in Johannesburg from the 25th to the 27th of July, has been hailed as a huge success by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Non-BRICS countries have expressed their commitment to strengthening relations with the bloc in the interest of mutual benefit for developing countries.

The upcoming Community Media Summit is expected to craft a lasting solution to support the community media sector, says Acting CEO of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Zukiswa Potye.

In anticipation of higher traveller volumes ahead of elections in Zimbabwe, the Department of Home Affairs has announced the deployment of additional staff to the Beitbridge border.

The corruption case of former president Jacob Zuma has been postponed to the 30th of November 2018.

Holding the keys to his new house has brought mixed emotions for 71-year-old Limpopo pensioner, Hendrik Johannes Venter, who has been waiting almost 15 years for a government subsidised house.

Millions of Zimbabweans will on Monday head to polling stations as the country makes strides towards its renewal after a tumultuous two decades.

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) and Rusatom Healthcare, the healthcare division of Russian state owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, have signed an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of non-power related uses of nuclear technology on the side-lines of BRICS.

More metro officials have been arrested in Ekurhuleni in connection with fraud and corruption relating to the registration of vehicles.

Ministers of Environmental Affairs for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU) on Environmental Cooperation at the 10th BRICS Summit.