South Africa

Pretoria – The Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, has condemned Sunday’s fatal shooting of two taxi drivers at the Mall of Africa.

Pretoria – The youth of Khunwana village, in the North West, are set to be trained in housing construction skills that will change their lives, says North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says mere production of plans does not constitute planning, it must be followed by rigorous implementation in order to transform society.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says South Africa and the SADC region are fully behind Dr Pelonomi Venson- Moitoi for the position of the African Union (AU) Commission chairperson.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education says the 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Supplementary Examinations proceeded extremely well, with very few reported irregularities.

Pretoria - Employment in the formal non-agricultural sector decreased by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2016, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Monday.

Cape Town – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says South Africa will use the up and coming state visits involving India and France to boost trade and investment in a bid to boost exports to those markets.

Pretoria – A South African delegation will be heading to France on Wednesday, to commemorate 100 years of South Africa’s participation in World War One.

Pretoria - South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Tom Moyane on Friday interacted with tax payers, business owners and vendors among others, on the importance of paying their taxes.

Pretoria - Eskom has restored power to three large power users in Zuurbekom, Gauteng.

Pretoria – A survey that measures the quality of life in Gauteng has placed the province’s aerotropolis in the number one spot.

Pretoria - Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the petrol price is set to increase by between eight and 11 cents a litre, this week.

Pienaarspoort – After 50 years of travelling in old trains, the community of Mamelodi will be among the first recipients to receive the first batch of new state-of-the-art trains from Brazil.

Pretoria - Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee of Elections, Minister Des van Rooyen, says it is all systems go for Local Government Elections to be held on 3 August 2016.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has extended a warm welcome to the new Director-General of the department, Mzamo Michael Mlengana.