South Africa

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.

Pretoria - The Department for Women is to host national and provincial dialogues in order to understand the causes and impact of the continued triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequalities, including violence against women and children.

Cape Town – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says local government is a very important sphere of government and that communicators should use community media to relate key messages to people on the ground.

Pretoria – “Imagine living in a society where we no longer read or hear about the abuse that women and children often suffer at the hands of heartless perpetrators.”

Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has called on the world to give racism in sport a big red card.

Cape Town – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says members of the public can call her department any day should they wish to get more information about government services or programmes that are available to them.