South Africa

Pretoria - Police in Limpopo have warned that they will act against any illegal gatherings and acts of violence in Malamulele.

Pretoria - The fifth man believed to be a prime suspect in the murder of two toddlers in Diepsloot has been arrested.

Pretoria – Retired Judge Essa Moosa has been appointed to attend to complaints regarding the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), known as the Hawks.

Report abuse of mental patients, urges MEC

Pretoria – The newly launched Ubuntu Radio, a 24-hour internet radio station, will officially go live tonight at 7pm.

Pretoria – Cabinet ministers and premiers today applied for the new smart ID cards at the Home Affairs’ Byron Place offices in Pretoria.

Midrand – The Gautrain Management Agency has proposed seven new routes for the express train that will expand the current network from places of employment to residential areas.

Pretoria - North West MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Manketsi Tlhape, has agreed to the postponement of the by-elections in ward 1, 4, 11, 12, 13 and 20 of Tlokwe Local Municipality.

Pretoria - The announcement by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MBD) on the redetermination of various municipal boundaries in Gauteng has been welcomed by Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Ntombi Mekgwe.

Pretoria - South Africa has acknowledged the importance of Poland not only as a trading partner in Europe but as a crucial market for South Africa’s tourism industry.

Pretoria - Eskom’s Medupi power plant in October surpassed 4.5 million man hours without injury, said the parastatal.

Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has launched the construction of a R300-million road project, which will provide an alternative link between Johannesburg and Vereeniging.

Pretoria – The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has expressed her sadness at the recent brutal murders, rapes, assault and abuse committed against the country’s children.

Pretoria - Although government considers the construction sector as part of the country’s economic fibre, the sector is confronted with major delivery challenges, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says there is no justification for the spate of child killings in the country, and such acts cannot go unpunished.