South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is back in the country after a successful state visit to the State of Qatar, the Presidency said on Friday.

Pretoria – The Presidency has refuted claims made by some commentators in the media stating that there is violence during protests “because that is the language that government understands” and also that “government does not go to the people”.

Pretoria – The Reserve Bank on Thursday kept South Africa’s repo rate unchanged at 7 percent per annum.

Tshimbupfe - The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) established to oversee the return to normality in Vuwani and surrounding areas and traditional leaders of volatile Tshimbupfe Central have unanimously agreed to reopen all schools in the area.

Pretoria – The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation on Thursday delivered a presentation to the Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA).

Alice – The business community of the small town of Alice, in the Eastern Cape, is throwing its weight behind this weekend’s centenary celebration of the University of Fort Hare, an institution that has been part of the town for the past 100 years.

Ha-Nesengani - Teaching and learning are in full swing at all public schools at Ha-Nesengani village, outside Vuwani, in Limpopo.

Alice - A group of students calling themselves "Defenders of Fort Hare University" emerged on Thursday at the Alice campus of the university and has vowed to protect the institution's reputation and infrastructure on the eve of the much-anticipated centenary celebrations taking place there on Friday.

Pretoria – The South African Post Office (Sapo) now offers a service where organisations and individuals can use an electronic registered mail to send important and sensitive documents.

Pretoria –The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is busy preparing a councillor training programme and updating the Councillor Induction Manual to focus attention on the Back to Basics programme.

The announcement by the South African Broadcasting Corporation to play 90% local music has sparked a very interesting debate. Like many other issues in the country, the announcement provoked a diversity of views. The debates varied from whether SA has enough local music, to whether we are capable of competing on the international stage.

Pretoria – Government has in a statement on Thursday assured the nation that the Fort Hare Centenary celebrations will continue as planned on Friday, at Fort Hare’s Alice campus.

Germiston – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has launched the long-awaited acid mine drainage (AMD) long-term solution that promises to improve the water supply to the nation’s economic hub.

Pretoria - The Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) says residents in Vuwani and surrounding areas want children to return to school.

Pretoria - A total of 20 taxi drivers have been arrested for driving without a public driver’s permit in Gauteng, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).