South Africa

Pretoria – South Africa’s Productivity Statistics for the year 2013 have been released, and they show a mixed bag of performances in various key industrial sectors of the economy.

Pietermaritzburg - Eugenia Mbeje of Ashdown, in Pietermaritzburg, says she is happy to have President Jacob Zuma visit her town on service delivery issues during today’s Imbizo.

Johannesburg - Water supply has been restored to almost all the affected areas in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane metros, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane announced on Monday.

Performing important and routine everyday tasks that affect the lives of all is part of our going back to basics programme. It is a call to action for municipal officials to get the basics right and to all South Africans to play their part in ensuring that our municipalities function optimally.

Pretoria – The City of Ekurhuleni has called on residents who are not receiving their printed municipal account statements due to the Post Office strike to make use of other options offered to view their monthly statement.

Pretoria – Mining was one of the key industries in the South African economy with a total income of R408 billion in 2012, says Statistician General Pali Lehohla.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has not appointed a committee to investigate the National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega, the Presidency said on Monday.

Pretoria – Government and civil society will come together this week to thrash out ways to deal with difficulties facing families in South Africa.

Pretoria - The fight to eliminate fraud and corruption at the Department of Public Works is continuing in earnest, as more than 100 cases involving more than R1.1 billion have either been finalised or are being investigated.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works turnaround strategy has uncovered R34.9 billion in irregular expenditure dating back to 2001, Public Works Minister Thembelani Nxesi announced on Monday.

Pretoria - Academic and operational activities at all Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) campuses resumed today following a council decision and substantial progress in talks between management and student leaders.

On September 12, a multi-storey guest house of The Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed, claiming the lives of 84 South Africans. About 350 South Africans were in Lagos on matters connected to the church at the time of the tragic incident.

Pretoria - The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric), on behalf of the banking industry, has warned banking customers of the change in banking details scam.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday lead a Presidential Imbizo in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, with a number of Cabinet Ministers, KZN Premier, MECs and Mayors.

Pretoria – Government says it has reached a milestone in the identification of the mortal remains of those South Africans who died when a building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria collapsed earlier this month.