South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow following his victory in the presidential elections held on 1 December.

Cape Town - South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2016, Statistics South Africa’s Joe de Beer said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a united South Africa where all citizens work together to build a non-racial and non-sexist society.

Pretoria – The Umalusi Council has made a determination to retain language compensation at 3% for learners who study through the medium of English as a second language in Grade 12 from 2016 until 2022.

Pretoria - Algerian businesspeople are keen to collaborate with their South African counterparts in order to grow trade between African countries.

Pretoria - Moody’s Investor Services has affirmed Eskom’s credit rating, assigning it to a national scale rating of A2.za.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has joined music lovers in expressing shock over the sudden passing of gospel singer Sfiso Ncwane.

Pretoria - Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Dr Siyabonga Cwele is leading a South African delegation to the 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which is being held in Mexico this week.

Pretoria – Home Affairs clients living in the Cape Metro area will now have the pleasure of listening to broadcast updates on the volumes experienced at the various offices in the metro at least twice a day on radio stations.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday reply to questions from Members of Parliament on several issues of national importance, including various aspects of the proposed National Minimum Wage.

Pretoria - Four drug mules, attempting to smuggle cocaine worth over R4.2 million, were intercepted at OR Tambo International Airport.

Pretoria - Nurses are important pillars in the national effort to build an Aids free country by 2030, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Pretoria - Today marks the third year since the passing of Tata Nelson Mandela, the first president of a democratic South Africa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Saturday lead the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is on Wednesday expected to host his Zambian counterpart, President Edgar Lungu, who will be in the capital on a three-day State visit.