South Africa

Cape Town – Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises (SMMEs) will soon enjoy a lot more support from State-Owned Enterprises.

Pretoria - National Treasury has dismissed a media report suggesting that there is a war looming between the Ministers of Finance Pravin Gordhan and Social Development Bathabile Dlamini.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) says they will study the judgement made by the South Gauteng High Court with regards to Comair.

Pretoria – A multi-stakeholder team, comprising members of SAPS, SANDF, traffic officials, SASSA and Ambulance services, has been assembled by the Limpopo Department of Cooperative Governance - following the warning of severe tropical storm “Dineo”.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training says it is satisfied with the student-centred model introduced by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for funding applications.

Pretoria - Government has published the final credit life insurance regulations that will provide more protection for consumers by ensuring that the insurance cover taken is appropriate for the needs of consumers, said the National Credit Regulator.

Pretoria - The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), the Ministers of Trade and Industry and Economic Development announced on Wednesday.

Pretoria – The South African Weather Service says severe tropical storm “Dineo” is quite likely to undergo a final surge of intensification, just before arriving over land in Mozambique this evening.

Pretoria - The Hawks have arrested four foreign nationals in connection with the Modderbult farm murders.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has joined 19 member states’ foreign ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) for their annual meeting in Bonn, Germany.

Pretoria - The World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations has appointed a South African tourist guide as its new President.

Cape Town – Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says government will conduct a colonial land audit to transform the historic patterns of ownership, use and occupation.

Pretoria - Eskom will not implement bulk power supply interruptions in two municipalities in the Northern Cape that were scheduled to take place today.

Pretoria – Police are still in the process of identifying 19 bodies of mentally ill patients who died in Gauteng between March and December 2016.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has called on communities and all arms of the State to work together to track down and bring to book arsonists who are destroying education infrastructure.