South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has authorised the deployment of 441 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Parliament.

Cape Town - National Assembly Deputy Speaker Lechesa Tsenoli says the media will not be restricted from doing their work during this year’s State of the Nation Address.

Pretoria - South Africa and Angola have committed to strengthen cooperation in the areas of mining and upstream petroleum, says Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has welcomed back the SA Agulhas II and the over-wintering team, SANAE 55, from Antarctica.

Pretoria – South Africa and Iran have held bilateral discussions on growing tourism relations between the two countries.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says the scale of inequality and exclusion in South Africa is an important challenge that needs to be confronted this year.

Pretoria - Eskom has released the long-awaited Denton report, which examined the state of affairs at the power utility.

Pretoria – It’s been 17 months since South Africans experienced load shedding, an occurrence that caused inconvenience to businesses and consumers alike.

Pretoria - South Africa has set itself goals of eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, growing the economy by an average of 5.4%, and cutting the unemployment rate to 6% by 2030.

Pretoria - South Africa’s painstaking efforts to grow the manufacturing industry are steadily having a tangible impact on local job creation and the ability of the domestic economy to hold its own in the face of a trying environment.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has been appointed as a South African ambassador for Global Citizen.

Pretoria - Public schools across South Africa are benefitting from a partnership between the Department of Basic Education and Absa that seeks to strengthen financial management and improve the accountability of schools.

Pretoria – Tributes are still streaming in this morning for the late rugby legend, Joost van der Westhuizen, who passed on Monday following a long battle with motor neuron disease.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa is currently in Zambia to strengthen cultural relations with that country’s Tourism and Arts Minister, Charles Banda.

Pretoria - South Africa and Indonesia have agreed to renew efforts to increase bilateral trade and cooperation.