South Africa

Pretoria – Schools from around the country will vie for top honours in the upcoming 14th South African Schools Choral Eisteddfod (SASCE).

Pretoria – Science and Technology Minister, Naledi Pandor, has challenged participants of the National Science Olympiad Awards to add to the list of inventions that South Africa is known for.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has invited the public to comment on the prescribed norms and standards for the management of protected areas in South Africa.

Pretoria – The ministerial enquiry set up to investigate the evictions in Lwandle in Cape Town will commence with public hearings on Monday, says the Department of Human Settlements.

Pretoria – Members of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature are set to get their hands dirty in a clean-up campaign to mark Mandela Day next week.

Pretoria – Councillors from the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West have committed to working hand in hand with the newly appointed administrator to get their house in order.

Johannesburg - A panel set up by Gauteng Premier David Makhura to review the implementation of e-tolls in Gauteng is set to begin its work next week, the Premier said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Johannesburg Mayor, Parks Tau, on Thursday launched the second Freedom Ride, which will take place in the city on 20 July.

Port Elizabeth - The production of up to 5 000 trucks at the newly launched First Automobile Works (FAW) vehicle assembly plant in Coega, Port Elizabeth, is good news for job creation in the country.

Port Elizabeth – The new First Automobile Works (FAW) South Africa vehicle assembly plant in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, will boost the country's efforts to achieve a growth target of 5% by 2019, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Mining production decreased by 6.5% year-on-year in May, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has denied former apartheid-era police colonel, Eugene de Kock, parole.

Pretoria - As tax season is officially underway, Cabinet has encouraged taxpayers to submit their individual tax returns.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has announced that he has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate certain matters relating to the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury.

Pretoria- Cabinet has congratulated the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) SA-funded researchers who discovered a triple supermassive black hole system, saying the discovery demonstrates the country’s scientific and technical expertise.