South Africa

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has placed the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) under administration.

Pretoria - South Africa is due to benefit from a new trade deal with the European Union (EU) that will see almost all South African products having preferential market access in the EU.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has formally asked outgoing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela not to complete her investigation into allegations of state capture until he has been allowed to question other witnesses in the probe.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, for his State visit to deepen economic, political, cultural and social relations with that country.

Despite intimidation from protesting university students, police across the country will continue to do their duties wherever needed, Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane said on Monday.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier David Makhura has sent his best wishes to all matriculants who will be sitting for their final exams.

Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has welcomed the appointment of Skhumbuzo Macozoma as the new CEO of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL).

Cape Town – Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced two Limpopo and Mpumalanga firms as preferred bidders for the first Coal-based Independent Power Producer Programme.

The countdown to the biggest day in the history of television in South Africa has begun. In less than a month from now, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will begin the switching off of analogue signal in the Northern Cape, paving the way for digital television viewing.

Pretoria – Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana has called on parents and guardians to talk to their children and encourage them to go back to class and write their exams for the 2016 academic year.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma’s three-day State visit to Kenya starts today.

Pretoria – This year’s National Nutrition Week will put a fresh spin on the phrase “being full of beans”.

Pretoria - South Africa has been named the best country for debt management and sovereign bond issuance in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pretoria - The Presidency has lauded Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s working visit to Singapore as successful and fruitful.

The Presidency says it has noted the decision by the Constitutional Court to refuse to hear the application for leave to appeal at this stage.