South Africa

Pretoria - Due to a shortage of generating capacity, Eskom will implement stage one load shedding from 5pm until 10pm, this evening.

Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says no school will be allowed to exclude a learner on the basis of language.

Pretoria - The percentage of learners who attended no fee schools increased from 62.4% in 2013 to 65.4% in 2014, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - Police chiefs from the Southern Africa region have taken time out of their busy schedules to look at ways to intensify efforts to ensure that criminals who are involved in cross-border crimes have no place to hide.

Pretoria – Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha today announced a reshuffle in the province’s Executive Council.

Pretoria - Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, does not participate in board meetings where decisions to remove South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board members are processed, says Department of Communications.

Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has condemned the alleged tampering of employment letters by two officials.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has wished his former spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, a speedy recovery after undergoing surgery.

Maseru - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has arrived in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, for bilateral engagements regarding mitigating cross border radio frequency spectrum interference as a result of implementing the digital migration programme.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says efforts to turn around the performance of the national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), has begun to bear fruit.

Pretoria – Social Development Deputy Minister, Hendrietta Bogopane – Zulu, will lend her support to the PinkDrive team and join its stand at the Comrades Marathon Expo this weekend.

Pretoria- Power utility Eskom said there is currently no planned load shedding as it has enough generating capacity to meet the electricity demand.

Pretoria - Police efforts to curb rhino poaching at the Kruger National Park continue to yield positive results.

Pretoria - A joint raid, conducted under Operation Fiela, saw 29 people being arrested for various offences in Bloemfontein in the Free State this morning.

Pretoria - The South African business delegation that is on an outward trade and investment mission (OTIM) to Peru is confident that the mission will be a success, the Department of Trade and Industry says.