South Africa

Pretoria – Government has expressed its concern on the various acts of vandalism of statues and other monuments in the country.

Pretoria - Learners across South Africa will next week celebrate 21 years of electoral democracy during the annual Schools Democracy Week (SDW).

Pretoria – Additional law enforcement officers have been deployed in KwaZulu-Natal to deal with attacks on foreign nationals.

Cape Town – Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says a majority of households in South Africa perceive courts and the police positively, while they hold a negative view on Correctional Services.

Delmas - Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu, has encouraged youth at Botleng Secondary School in Delmas, Mpumalanga, to join the #365 Days of Activism campaign.

Pretoria - South Africa and the United States have agreed to continue to work together to address concerns around the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which is designed to help qualified sub-Saharan African countries economically.

Pretoria - The Film and Publication Board (FPB) will host national public consultations on the Draft Online Regulation Policy.

In October 2012, President Jacob Zuma handed over the first of 49 new schools government had built through the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI) in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria – The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu, will this morning activate the #365Days of Activism at Botleng Secondary School in Delmas, as part of her Imbizo programme.

Pretoria - Police remain on high alert in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, where shops belonging to foreign nationals were looted and some burnt down.

Pretoria - The Department of Arts and Culture will this morning host a Craft Imbizo which affords crafters the opportunity to engage on the challenges, share ideas on craft sectors’ development and how the craft sector can be better serviced moving forward.

Pretoria - Eskom has implemented stage two load shedding from 6am, which will go on until 10pm.

Pretoria - Bilateral relations between South Africa and China will come under the spotlight today when International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hosts her counterpart Wang Yi in Pretoria.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Education Department has opened its doors for parents who want to apply for their children to get admission into public schools for the 2016 academic year.

Pretoria - The Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation in KwaZulu-Natal has handed over a fully equipped outdoor gym to the community of KwaMsane in Mtubatuba.