South Africa

Pretoria - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is on a drive to promote hand washing as a first line of defence against the spread of diseases.

Pretoria – The principal of the National School of Government, Lekoa Mollo, says it cannot be business as usual as government seeks ways to improve service delivery across the nation.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday officially launch the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has raised the pass mark for grades 7, 8 and 9 as part of its efforts of improving the quality of education in the public school system.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday officially launch the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Wednesday receive Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas on his State Visit to the country.

Pretoria - The Office of the Chief Justice on Friday said eight names have been submitted to the Speaker of the National Assembly for the post of an Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioner.

Pretoria - SADC Facilitator and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the departure of three senior Lesotho Defence Force and Police officials to various destinations in the continent of Africa.

Pretoria – First Lady and patron of the Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation (BNZ), Bongi Ngema-Zuma, has joined hands with Ekurhuleni World Outreach Centre (EWOC) church to host the annual World Diabetes Day.

Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency for Women, Susan Shabangu, has urged all South Africans to commit themselves in creating a non-violent South Africa.

Parys - Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says there would be no service delivery protests if local councillors and municipalities regularly updated communities about developments or delays in the implementation of government’s programmes.

Pretoria – About 25 000 people today participated in the Unite4Mandela Sports and Cultural Day activities, especially cycling, running and walking.

Cape Town – Community media is central to government’s new communications approach and they should take advantage of the impending partnership, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - The power system was severely constrained on Friday with Eskom implementing load-shedding.

Pretoria - South Africa and Germany should work together for a peaceful and better world, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.