South Africa

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has promoted 7 524 members in various divisions countrywide.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will today travel to Lesotho to mediate in the political crisis after the leaders agreed to bring the country’s election date forward from 2017, in an attempt to solve the impasse.

Cape Town – Government has dispatched a search and rescue team to Lagos to assist in the recovery of the remains of South Africans killed during a tragic building collapse in Nigeria, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a plan to develop a comprehensive communications strategy to address the prevalence HIV and Aids among young men and women.

Johannesburg - The Presidential Local Government Summit, which kicks off tomorrow, is expected to build on successes and redress failures of the past in all 278 South African municipalities.

Pretoria - The Department of Correctional Services says it needs more healthcare workers to help it break the cycle of crime among offenders.

Cape Town – The Department of Public Service and Administration has announced that stiffer rules are being introduced to tighten the management of ethics and integrity in government.

Cape Town – Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) was amongst the state organs that were mentioned for the quality of their management practices across the national and provincial spheres.

Pretoria – Government has advised relatives of family members involved in the Lagos tragedy to contact the Department of International Relations and Cooperation for assistance.

Pretoria - Sixty infrastructure programmes have been completed in a year in the Eastern Cape, as part of government’s programme to transform the education sector by providing decent school facilities.

Pretoria - The ozone layer was showing positive signs of recovery, a report presented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works says it has reached important milestones in its annual performance targets in the first quarter of the 2014/15 financial year.

Maputo - Invited international military observers arrived in Maputo on Tuesday ahead of the implementation of the agreement to end military hostilities between the Mozambican government and the former rebel movement Renamo.

Pretoria – The nation is mourning the death of 67 South Africans, who died after a building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says she will request the Board of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) to speed up the appointment of strategic positions within the agency.