South Africa

Pretoria - Three people are being held at the Mbizana Police Station for kidnapping and performing an unlawful circumcision.

Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says it is taking measures to prevent its services from being interrupted by the current load shedding.

Pretoria - Deputy President and SADC Facilitator Cyril Ramaphosa will pay his 10th visit to Maseru today.

Pretoria – The Department of Small Business Development will launch a centre for entrepreneurship in Mpumalanga at the Gert Sibande Training and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) early next year.

Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has officially opened the revamped Onkabetse Care Centre in Vosloorus.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday announced its 90-Day Action Plan aimed at steering the airline back to the full implementation of its Long-Term Turnaround Strategy (LTTS).

Pretoria - The Gauteng Health Department has put measures in place to address the shortage of medicines in some of the hospitals and clinics in the province.

Pretoria - Government has started to roll out the "One Environmental System”, which will initiate the streamlining of the licensing processes for mining, environmental authorisations and water use.

Pretoria - The Department of Sport and Recreation is ready to host the five-day 2014 National School Sport Championship in the City of Tshwane, Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria – The Republic of China has agreed to increase short-term skills development programmes for South Africa to reduce the skills gap.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his condolences to the Tambo family following the passing of Gertrude Tambo.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has arrived in Lima, Peru, to participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Pretoria - South Africa has joined the international community in commemorating the 2014 International Anti-Corruption Day.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says his department will strive to serve the public despite the challenges posed by load shedding.

Pretoria - Young people must be able to identify skills and make academic choices that are informed by the needs of the South African economy, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.