South Africa

Pretoria - Despite the recent rainfalls, severe drought continues to hit the Eastern Cape, with most dams still under 40% capacity.

Pretoria - Eskom is working on signing long-term power supply agreements in the region, it said on Monday.

Pretoria - Government has called on community members to use the national Imbizo Focus Week to engage with leaders about programmes to resolve the challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality.

Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has established a Ministerial Investigation Team that will investigate the recent leak of Mathematics Paper 2 paper..

Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has met with the three exiled leaders of Lesotho's opposition political parties.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has re-appointed Francois Groepe as the Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank for a period of five years with effect from 1 January 2017.

Pretoria - Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has launched the Ngwaabe Integrated Energy Centre (IeC) in Limpopo, aimed at enhancing access to energy in rural areas.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi and Member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications, Moses Tseli, will hand over a new house to the Maruli child-headed family of four, at Ha-Matsa village, Limpopo, on Saturday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has an opportunity to rebuild Limpopo as a place of innovation, production and commerce.

Pretoria - Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson on Friday warned against fake Facebook accounts purported to belong to her.

Pretoria – The Department of Environmental Affairs held a workshop in Cape Town on Thursday to look into the opportunities that the ocean economy presents for South Africa and its international partners.

Pretoria - Regional integration has been flagged as an important component to fast-track the transformation of African cities into hubs of innovation.

Pretoria – South Africa and Lesotho on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of governance and public administration.

Pretoria - The first International Conference on Military Law in South Africa has raised public awareness of the importance of Military Law in a democracy.

Johannesburg - The Depart of Communications is aiming to complete the process of migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting at the end of 2018, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.