South Africa

Pretoria - Parliament on Sunday refuted the claims made in several media reports over the criteria used to allocate bursaries.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele on Friday held a consultation meeting with the ICT sector regarding progress being made in the implementation of the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper.

Pretoria - The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received a total 161 938 applications from students seeking funding for 2017 in universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges across the country.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has congratulated the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) for having being ranked among the ten most punctual airports in the world.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called on government departments and entities who owe the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to settle their debt in order to enable the entity to function optimally.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen and Members of Executive Councils (MECs) have recommitted to serving communities better.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Friday met with the Head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) Advocate Andy Mothibi at his Mahlamba Ndlopfu residence in Pretoria.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed deep sadness after three South African Navy soldiers and three construction workers from the Department of Public works died tragically on Friday while working in a sewer pit at the Naval Base in Durban.

Pretoria - While the South African economy is slowly beginning to pick up government is adamant that it will continue to push for radical socio-economic transformation, President Jacob Zuma said.

Springs - Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has launched the Eastern Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Treatment Plant, which ensures that the rising water levels in the abandoned Grootvlei mine do not contaminate groundwater.

Pretoria – Members of the public have been urged to help government fight against corruption in both the public and private sector so that the country can realise economic transformation.

Cape Town - A smart application is using satellite technology to help farmers in the fruit producing areas of the Western Cape estimate how much water their crops need.

Pretoria – No damage to infrastructure or loss of lives have been reported as tropical depression “Dineo” moves through South Africa, says the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has warned that government will not tolerate corruption at refugee reception centres as well as in the documentation process.

Pretoria – The South African Weather Service says “Dineo”, now classified as a tropical depression, is currently located near the border of South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.