South Africa

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga today visited one of the 121 National Senior Certificate (NSC) marking centres.

Pretoria – A Twitter account purporting to be that of newly appointed Finance Minister David Douglas van Rooyen is fake, said the Ministry of Finance.

Pretoria - Cabinet has once again appealed to South Africans to use water sparingly.

Pretoria - The appointment and removal of Ministers from office is the prerogative of the President, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe said on Friday.

Pretoria – South African audiences now have access to a channel which is dedicated to providing content on wellness and healthy lifestyles.

Pretoria – The country’s top brass has sent its well wishes to all South Africans for the upcoming festive season.

Pretoria – The Marine Spatial Planning Bill of 2015 has been approved by Cabinet for public comment.

Pretoria - South Africa is set to host an Anti-Drugs Dialogue conference in March 2016, as part of the fight against illicit drugs.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the education agreement entered into by the BRICS group of nations, which holds great promise to make a necessary and significant impact on the education landscape.

Pretoria – South Africa’s Cabinet has welcomed the signing of 26 agreements to the value of R94 billion during the recent State visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Pretoria - David van Rooyen was on Thursday afternoon sworn in as South Africa’s new Minister of Finance.

Pretoria - Members of the media are invited to submit their entries for the 2016 SADC Media Awards competition.

Pretoria - The Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC) has found that the grounded Skywise Airlines is safe and reliable to operate following an inspection that was taken to protect the interest of the public.

Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will, as part of the Broadcasting Digital Migration project, install the first batch of government subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) in households in Keimoes in the Northern Cape next week.

Pretoria - Statistician General Pali Lehohla will today receive an honorary Doctorate from the University of Stellenbosch in recognition of his role in the development of statistics in the country and beyond.