South Africa

Pretoria - The participation of youth in housing delivery will come to the fore when Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu hosts the National Human Settlements Youth Summit on Monday.

Pretoria - South Africa needs to accelerate its rate of economic growth if it is to meaningfully reduce its levels of unemployment, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Pretoria - Gauteng province has met all of its financial objectives and operated within its budget, said the provincial legislature on Friday.

Pretoria - South Africa needs to build an information society if it is to tap into the digital economy, says Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.

Pretoria – Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi has extended the closing date to submit written proposals on the Broadcasting Policy Review to 16 January 2015.

Pretoria – Government on Friday said it was concerned by the “unwarranted destruction of public property and the provocative confrontation” by asylum seekers towards members of the police outside a regional Home Affairs building in Cape Town.

Pretoria – Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters says all stakeholders in the road traffic fraternity are prepared for the busy festive season.

Sasolburg – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the signing of a pledge that will see Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges being adopted by the business sector.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has praised all those involved in the delivery of a successful 2014 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

Pretoria - The price of all grades of petrol will fall by 69 cents a litre in December, said the Department of Energy (DoE) on Friday.

Johannesburg - In an effort to continue providing better, faster and cost effective services to the public, communities around Gauteng and the North West will from Monday be able to access justice services closer to where they live.

Pretoria - Eskom will implement stage 2 rotational load shedding over the weekend in a bid to augment its water and diesel reserves for the week ahead, it said on Friday.

Pretoria - National Treasury on Friday published a multi-billion rand request for proposals (RFP) for the provision of an enterprise resource system (ERP).

Pretoria – Government says it is disappointed with a media report that attempts to discredit the collaborative efforts of the South African and Nigerian governments to repatriate the bodies of South Africans who died in Nigeria in September.

Boksburg – President Jacob Zuma says the fourth Pan-African Youth Union Congress currently underway in Gauteng is an important platform to give youth an opportunity to reflect on matters of development across the continent.