South Africa

Pretoria - South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) at the University of Venda.

Pretoria – Universities South Africa (USAF) has welcomed the advice by Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on fee adjustments for the 2017 academic year.

Pretoria - The Department of Tourism says tourist arrivals in South Africa continues to grow unabated.

Pretoria - The Ministry of Communications says it has noted the court judgment regarding the Chief Operating Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has extended condolences to the family and friends of veteran journalist and former member of the SABC board, Allister Sparks.

The eyes of the conservation world and wildlife sectors will be on Johannesburg this month when delegates from 182 countries meet for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP17).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has declared 27 December 2016 a public holiday.

Pretoria – Universities will individually decide on the fee increases for 2017 academic year, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande announced on Monday.

Pretoria – Government has invited citizens around the country to use Thusong Service Centres to empower themselves with information, especially on government services.

Pretoria – A meeting of career counsellors in Pretoria is expected to improve the support given to youth to help them get ready for the world of work.

Pretoria - The Department of Energy (DoE) on Monday said South Africa’s Nuclear New Build programme, which is yet to commence, will contribute to government’s socio-economic development and transformation agenda.

Pretoria - Although the expected La Niña may be weak this summer, South Africans should prepare themselves for possible localised flooding, a report released by the Department of Water and Sanitation warned.

Pretoria - Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear station will be taken offline for a planned refuelling outage, Eskom said on Monday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has joined the nation in mourning the passing of kwaito legend Mduduzi Tshabalala, better known as Mandoza.

Krugersdorp - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says South African media must contribute towards social cohesion, transformation and fighting racism.