South Africa

Pretoria – The Department of Social Development will on Tuesday launch a 24-hour call centre to provide support and counselling to victims of gender-based violence.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will lead a South African delegation to the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), scheduled for 24 - 25 March in The Hague.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has announced the Interim Committee for the South African Creative Industries Federation.

Pretoria - The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has strongly condemned the recent spate of gender-based violence incidents against children, regardless of the perpetrators being minors or older persons.

Pretoria - The North West provincial government will spend R84.25 million on Emergency Medical Rescue Service (EMRS) Satellite Stations and a new planned patient transport model, Premier Thandi Modise has announced.

Pretoria - Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande will next Tuesday convene a summit on issues that continue to pose a significant challenge to the functioning of Walter Sisulu University (WSU).

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma on Saturday joined the family and friends of Martha Mahlangu in a moving funeral ceremony in Memelodi West to bid farewell to the heroine who played an important role in the liberation struggle of the country.

Sharpeville-Government is planning to implement the next phase of its proposed National Health Insurance scheme in the next five years, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday.

Sharpeville - When freedom and democracy dawned in 1994, human rights became the anchor of the democratic government, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has conveyed her condolences to the families of three children, who were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a crash at a railway crossing in Rustenburg.

Pretoria - The National Council against Gender-Based Violence (NCGBV) has sent its condolences to the family of the nine-year-old girl, who recently passed away after being raped and set alight.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise says fixing infrastructure damaged by floods, which the preliminary assessment estimated at over R100 million, will require emergency funding to be fast tracked.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says countries worldwide should embrace the concept of the blue economy as a means of reaching higher growth levels through marine resources.

Pretoria – Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the restoration of human dignity is one the best aspects of the country’s freedom and democracy.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will address the nation in remembrance of Human Rights Day under the theme ‘Celebrating 20 years of changing lives through human rights’ at the Sharpville cricket pitch.