South Africa

Pretoria – As the country’s power system is currently stable, Eskom is able to perform maintenance without implementing load shedding, the power parastatal said on Friday.

Pretoria – An agreement between the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), the Eastern Cape Provincial Government and Nestle is expected to result in the creation of 800 jobs by 2019, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Pretoria - South Africa’s migrating from the analogue broadcasting format to a digital broadcasting system will be top of the agenda during Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi’s, Imbizo in Ratanda, south of Heidelberg on Friday.

Pretoria - Government will announce the date to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting signals once all systems are in place, including the five million free Set Top Boxes (STBs) to poor households, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has gazetted the Draft Tourism B-BBEE Codes in terms of Section 9 (5) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Act.

Pretoria – Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, says the department has held a meeting with the representatives of the two provincial taxi associations as well as taxi groups from Mamelodi, regarding the Autopax bus services in Mamelodi.

Pretoria - South Africa continues to value its relationship with the United States, Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said on Thursday.

Johannesburg – Every year, the country loses millions of rands due to water wastage caused by leaking pipes and taps left running unattended to.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, will on Friday host a SADC meeting on Lesotho.

Johannesburg - Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says the Radio Days Africa conference, which is currently taking place in Johannesburg, provides a useful platform to exchange ideas, information and experiences about the issues facing radio.

Pretoria - Government has called on South Africans and the international community to actively participate in the activities of Nelson Mandela Month during July.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Pravin Gordhan has strongly condemned the chaos and intimidation that erupted at the Oudtshoorn municipal council meeting on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Newly-appointed National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Zacharia Modise, has told Correctional Services officials that it will no longer be business as usual.

Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation says there are mandatory procedures which need to be followed in order to fix the Platberg sewage pump station which has been out of order for some time.

Johannesburg - Eighteen new schools which will cater for learners with special educational needs are to be built this financial year in the Gauteng province, says Gauteng Department of Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi.