South Africa

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it is in the process of acquiring new aircraft for VVIPs.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) says it will oppose its suspended CEO’s labour court application.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday receive Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe for a state visit.

Pretoria - The National Imbizo Focus Week, which will see government getting in touch with communities, officially kicks off today.

Pretoria - Long serving Group Chief Executive Officer of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), Lucky Montana, will not be available for another term of contract.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements will set up a task team to deal with service delivery issues in Zandspruit informal settlement and other surrounding areas.

Pretoria - The Ministry of Public Enterprises on Thursday warned the public about a number of fake Facebook accounts which purport to be those of Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Human Settlements Department will officially launch the Mega Housing Projects, which will see an unprecedented radical transformation in housing and spatial planning in the province.

Pretoria – The 1st of April has seen the official establishment of nine Community Education and Training Colleges (CETCs), which will enable the merger of existing public adult learning centres into community colleges.

Pretoria – The SA Post Office (Sapo) says it has paid money that it owed to South African Airways (SAA) following the suspension of its account.

Pretoria - Advocate Siduduzo Gumede has been appointed as the first Ombudsman for the City of Johannesburg, and his independent office is set to open its doors to the public in July 2015.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs has issued a directive to Africa Sun Oil Refineries factory following the oil spill from the burned-out Africa Sun Oil Refineries factory.

In the late 1880s, when the first miners started driving their tunnels through the hard quartzite rock below the Witwatersrand, digging deep to extract the region's vast gold wealth, they could not have foreseen the dangerous legacy their activities would leave for future generations.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies has launched Africa’s first ever 100-kilowatt fuel cell that runs on platinum and natural gas.

Pretoria - Eskom is on solid ground with government committed to deliver on its mandate of providing a reliable electricity service to the country, says Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.