South Africa

Pretoria - Police have confirmed that they have found five-year-old Mongezi Phike, who was kidnapped during a car hijacking.

Pretoria – A crime intelligence-based operation, on Sunday, led to the arrest of a most wanted suspect in connection to a number of house robbery cases and a car hijacking, in Limpopo.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called on the public to help law enforcement authorities to bring back five-year old, Mongezi Phike, safe and unharmed after a horrible hijacking.

Bojanala – For Ntshabele Virginia’s six-year-old niece life will never be the same again, thanks to the new crutches she received to help her move freely around.

Malamulele - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the Malamulele Hospital in Thulamela, Limpopo, should be a facility of choice, where quality healthcare services should be the order of the day.

Pretoria - Government has thanked all South Africans, from all sectors, for working together and dedicating 67 minutes of their time to clean up their surroundings.

Durban - Through Operation Phakisa government aims to implement its policies and programmes better, faster and more effectively.

Giyani – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has taken the Evuxakeni Psychiatric Hospital, in Giyani, Limpopo, under her wing to help improve and make it a centre of hope for the patients living there.

Pretoria - After the first Mandela Day in 2009, Mandela thanked all who had supported it. He said: “It is our hope that people will dedicate their time and effort to improve the conditions within their own communities. We thank you for participating in Mandela Day”.

Pretoria - A 72-year-old, Emily Serebolo of Santa Santa, in Kimberley, watched in amazement and with teary eyes as an army of Mandela Day spirit-filled-workers gathered in her yard to give her a new warm home.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will today launch the first phase of Operation Phakisa -- an initiative aimed at fast-tracking the delivery of the priorities outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP).

Mthatha – The official opening of the Mvezo Komkhulu Museum, in the Eastern Cape, will not only help to keep the Madiba legacy alive, but also boost tourism in the village.

Mamelodi – Children at Child Welfare Tshwane, in Mamelodi, sang their hearts out in jubilation as Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor handed over boxes with food parcels and clothes to assist the centre.

Mahikeng - Nelson Mandela’s life has been celebrated through work, an activity that is an element of the late former statesman’s ethos, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Pretoria – The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) today spread some tender, loving care to an elderly centre in Hammanskraal, on Mandela Day.