South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has welcomed the signing of the Maintenance Amendment Act into law which will improve the maintenance system.

Pretoria - Brand South Africa has commended the team of scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand and other volunteers on their discovery of a new species of human relative, Homo naledi, at the Cradle of Humankind.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana has encouraged learners in the Free State to apply on time for admission at institutions of higher education.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Parliament’s rugby team, which is due to jet off to England to participate in World Cup curtain raisers, to go to the Queen’s land and make South Africa proud.

Maropeng – In a ground-breaking discovery, a new species of human ancestor has been unearthed at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site.

Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says there are currently no plans to review South Africa’s dual citizenship laws.

Pretoria - Learner attendance at Roodepoort Primary School has increased to 912 today from 643 on Wednesday, after the re-opening of the school by the Gauteng Department of Education.

Pretoria – Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi will on Sunday launch the Annual Thusong Service Centre Week at the Dududu Thusong Service Centre, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has put several mechanisms in place to institutionalise the fight against corruption.

Pretoria - The risk of load shedding is low today, following 32 days of no load shedding in the country, Eskom said on Thursday.

Pretoria - A team of detectives has been set up to investigate the killing of two police officers in Dobsonville, Soweto, on Wednesday afternoon.

Pretoria - South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand will this morning announce a major new fossil discovery at Maropeng, in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.

Pretoria - The man suspected of murdering Sergeant Xolani Sowambi, 35, from the Eastern Cape will appear in the Queenstown Magistrate Court, on Thursday.

Pretoria – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has paid tribute to South Africa for its achievement in the fight against hunger.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has signed the Maintenance Amendment Act (Act No.9 of 2015) into law.