South Africa

Pretoria- Eskom will implement load-shedding at 4pm this afternoon due to a shortage of generating capacity, it confirmed on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Eskom’s mobile health service programme is due to visit four provinces on a health drive soon to reduce the health-related barriers faced by children.

Pretoria – The business people who will form part of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti)’s outward trade and investment mission (OTIM) to Peru are optimistic that they will find new markets for their products and services.

Johannesburg – Senior corporate executives seeking to make visa and permit applications will no longer have to visit the usual Home Affairs branches, thanks to the premium visa and permit centre launched by Minister Malusi Gigaba in Sandton today.

Pretoria - While the Presidential Remuneration Review Commission (PRRC) has much work ahead of it, the commission will do all it can to deliver on its mandate, Chairperson of the commission retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo says.

Cape Town – Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has saluted the decorated Banyana forward Portia Modise following her retirement from football, saying the free-scoring soccer star deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Cape Town – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha says his department intends to review the Criminal Procedure Act with an aim to expunge the criminal records of offenders.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Maputo for his State Visit which is set to politically and economically boost relations between the two countries.

Pretoria - An official memorial service will be held in Vryburg in the North West tomorrow to honour struggle stalwart Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on State Funerals announced on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Schools throughout the country will on Monday mark Africa Day by singing the African Union (AU) Anthem during assembly.

Pretoria - The Presidency has moved to clarify Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s work in the Eskom War Room.

Johannesburg – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the management of migration should not be the responsibility of a single country.

Cape Town - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi is expected to shed more light on the country’s journey towards digital migration when she presents her Budget Vote speech in the National Assembly this afternoon.

Pretoria – Government and the majority of unions representing public servants have reached an agreement regarding wage increases, averting a possible strike.

Pretoria - Bilateral ties between South Africa and Mozambique are set to soar to new levels as President Jacob Zuma undertakes a two-day state visit to that country.