South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says he is deeply saddened by the death of one of the Tshwane University of Technology student leaders, Lesego Benjamin Phehla.

Pretoria – Learners at the Isaac More Primary School in Atteridgeville were on Friday taught about the rules of the road as part of a “Safe Scholar” learner road safety initiative.

Cape Town – The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission Head of Operations Nontokozo Nokhwali-Mboyi says 134 complaints have already been received since the body was established earlier this year.

Pretoria - South Africa has formally requested to withdraw from the Rome Statute, a treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Pretoria – An innovative device by a young woman from the Eastern Cape is proving to be a winner in the country’s efforts to save energy.

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed concern at reports of Mamelodi Sundowns’ inability to train after its hosts in Egypt failed to give the team a venue ahead of this weekend’s African Championship League second leg final.

Pretoria – Parliament’s education committees have commended the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the efforts put into ensuring that poor students are not excluded from attending university on the basis of financial need.

Pretoria - The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has called on consumers to heed the call to stop using the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phone, as it continued its meetings with Samsung Electronics South Africa on the phone’s safety recall.

Pretoria- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South African Ambassadors to build strong alliances with other countries for South Africa’s and Africa’s development.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has instituted court action to terminate a contract with a service provider due to the company’s failure to disclose its familial relationship between its shareholder and Commissioner Tom Moyane.

Pretoria – Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has commended the Department of Water and Sanitation for achieving its first unqualified audit since 2009.

Pretoria - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating the alleged shooting of a student leader at Wits University.

Pretoria – The upcoming Government Technology (GovTech) Conference will be used to focus attention on small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) development.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has distanced himself from the person and incidents contained in the book by former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke.

Malmesbury – Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana has welcomed an initiative by a group of Western Cape women, who have set up a network of entrepreneurs to help women and youth to get into farming.