South Africa

Pretoria - More than 200 youths, who are on drugs in the City of Tshwane, have surrendered themselves to be rehabilitated in various facilities in Gauteng.

Johannesburg – The Gauteng provincial government wants to convert some of its public buildings, including schools, clinics and hospitals into centres of economic activity; saying this could unlock R42 billion in value and create 190 000 jobs.

Pretoria – The South African Police Services (SAPS) is hosting a Forensic Services Conference, in Pretoria, under the theme “Fundamentals of Forensic Evidence”.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal is on course to reach the target of 2.6 million people tested for HIV.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has declared a Special Provincial Official Funeral for late struggle veteran and former Robben Island prisoner, Collen Monde Mkunqwana, who recently passed away.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu says it is crucial to push the process of radical economic transformation to address the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu has warned that the provincial government will deal firmly with those who fraudulently issue tenders and contracts to underserving companies with no proof of quality and capacity to perform.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department for Roads and Transport supports the principle of an extension of the Gautrain rail network extension, as it will have significant socio-economic development benefits.

Pretoria – Peak hour traffic towards the Pretoria CBD was disrupted by truck drivers on Wednesday morning.

Pretoria - National Treasury will shortly publish final amendments to tax free savings accounts for the year beginning 1 March 2017.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will be back in the National Assembly to answer questions this afternoon.

Pretoria - Soshanguve residents have appealed to government and President Jacob Zuma to deal with the rampant crime that is devastating their community.

Pretoria - Three people, including a vehicle examiner, a clerk and runner, have been arrested in the North West in connection with the fraudulent issuing of a roadworthy certificate, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has pleaded with members of the public to refrain from disrupting schools when protesting.

Land ownership. A thorny subject that still divides South Africa, more than 22 years after the 1994 democratic dispensation. While government’s land reform and redistribution programmes had yielded some successes since 1994, large tracts of land still remain in the hands of very few people.