South Africa

Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says despite the great difficulties the country faces, there is hope for development and progress.

Pretoria - Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu on Friday launched the Centre for Entrepreneurship in Welkom, Free State, saying such a centre will promote entrepreneurship as a career of choice.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday attend the funeral service of the late Ontlametse Phalatse, one of the two South African teens who lived with Progeria, who passed away last Tuesday at George Mukhari hospital, in Garankuwa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has extended his heartfelt condolences on the passing of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) stalwart, freedom fighter and former Tshwane Metropolitan councillor, Philip Ata Kgosana.

Pretoria – The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana, is set to visit agriculture colleges as part of Government Imbizo Focus Week.

Pretoria - Government says it has noted the comments made by the former Chief Operating Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and a group of artists during a media briefing held on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Eskom has invested millions in renewable power, specifically in research in this ever expanding field.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has announced major new investment in university infrastructure, which will see government spending R7 billion on a range of projects countrywide.

Pretoria – The Ekurhuleni Municipality will over the next five years roll out six Mega Housing Projects in an effort to respond to the prevalent human settlement backlog within the city.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor will leave for Portugal tonight to attend a high level two-day science dialogue in the Azores.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has called on members of the public to provide written inputs on three strategies that are aimed at leveraging technology to modernise service delivery.

Pretoria - The Department of Social Development says the reports that Minister Bathabile Dlamini used a Cash Paymaster Service (CPS) chartered flight to attend the funeral of Dumisani Mafu in the Eastern Cape are malicious.

Pretoria - The City of Ekurhuleni is to spend R94 million to improve its capacity to deal with emergency situations in the region.

Pretoria - The interim report released by the Basic Education Ministerial Task Team (MTT) has found that textbooks used in South African schools generally adopt a mildly inclusive approach to diversity.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison has thanked road users in the province for their good driver behaviour over the Easter weekend.