South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday officiate at the National Day of Prayer and launch of Africa Month in Durban.

Pretoria – Selected schools in Rustenburg will today set up mock voting stations with ballot boxes, voting booths and dummy ballot papers to give learners an insight into elections and the country’s democracy.

Pretoria - South Africa and Iran have agreed to increase non-oil trade and investment to a billion dollars by 2020.

President Jacob Zuma has arrived at Tehran in the Islamic Republic of Iran for a State Visit taking place from 24 to 25 April 2016.

Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu has congratulated students and management of the Mangosuthu University of Technology in Durban for the great academic achievements and infrastructure development.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has started rolling-out an eco-friendly innovation of placing a block in a toilet tank/cistern to save water.

The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations in New York.

Pretoria – The Department of Health says it plans to eliminate malaria by achieving zero cases of locally transmitted malaria by 2018.

Johannesburg - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says steady progress is being made in the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP).

Pretoria – The Presidency says letters of reprimand have been sent to the Minister of Public Works, former Minister of Police and former Minister of Public Works, following the Constitutional Court judgment of 31 March 2016.

Pretoria – Several people sustained minor injuries when strong winds blew over the marquee which was being used by the Department of Correctional Services to host the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre in Paarl earlier today.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has confiscated heroin worth R58 million at the Lebombo border post.

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula says the R300 million allocated to the department for the renovation and building of basic sport facilities is a step in the right direction.

Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom is at the 6th Seychelles Carnival to showcase South Africa’s rich heritage and cultural assets.

Pretoria – Tourism Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa says her department has various programmes aimed at capacitating young people to be absorbed into the hospitality industry.