South Africa

Pretoria - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) boss, Lucky Montana, has condemned the vandalism of Newclare station, near Westbury in Johannesburg, this morning.

Pretoria - South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor designate Lesetja Kganyago has promised continuity at the central bank, saying he is honoured by his appointment.

Pretoria - The Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel, has appointed two Deputy Commissioners at the Competition Commission.

Pretoria – Labour Deputy Minister Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa is visiting KwaZulu-Natal to ensure services are delivered smoothly at labour centres.

Pretoria - The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, is to attend the Moscow International Education Salon this week.

Pretoria - The Presidency on Monday said media reports stating that President Jacob Zuma is angry about the stance of the African National Congress (ANC) on e-tolls are baseless and incorrect.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will in the next few weeks prioritise the economy and local government by handing over the operator permit for the Dube Trade Port IDZ and by taking forward the work done during the launch of the Back to Basics campaign.

Geneva - Ebola's rapid spread through West Africa has been quickened by the difficulty of keeping track of the deadly disease, and filling in the huge gaps in knowledge about the epidemic is key to eventually containing it, health experts say.

Pretoria - The Department of Human Settlements says it will built over 5 000 houses for military veterans in less than three years in all nine provinces to cater for all military veterans identified to have a need for housing.

Pretoria - Three foreign national were arrested for not having proper documentation during a multi-disciplinary roadblock led by women in Law Enforcement in the Northern Cape on Friday.

Pretoria - The Department of Local Government and Human Settlements in the North West has established a Joint Operation Centre to deal with any threats and anarchy that might arise in Ngaka Modiri Molema Districta Municipality.

Pretoria - Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula says he is happy that more elderly citizens participated in the Big Walk this year to mitigate the increase of undesirable diseases.

Pretoria - Media reports that President Jacob Zuma has negotiated or will negotiate and conclude nuclear power agreements alone are incorrect.

Pretoria - Post-mortems on all 116 deceased, who died when the guesthouse belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria collapsed last month, have been completed, government said on Friday.

Johannesburg – The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Bheki Cele, has appealed to South Africans to donate food items to 12 million people who go to bed hungry.