South Africa

Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says government would like to remove any uncertainty and assure South Africans that social grants will be paid on 1 April.

Johannesburg – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged businesses to embrace digital disruption and innovation as an enabler of growth.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters is taking legal counsel to compel Tasima to transfer eNatis services to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).

Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation has officially lifted water restrictions in Gauteng.

Pretoria - Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has appointed an Ad-hoc Independent Tribunal to process all appeals relating to the Health Ombudsman report, which looked into the deaths of mentally ill patients in Gauteng.

Pretoria - State Security Minister David Mahlobo has welcomed the appointment of Isaac Dintwe as the new Inspector-General of Intelligence.

Pretoria - South Africa and Nigeria have agreed to establish an early warning centre to help mitigate and monitor possible threats and violence against Nigerian foreign nationals.

Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma has appointed Dr Setlomamari Isaac Dintwe as the Inspector-General of Intelligence for a period of five years with effect from this coming Wednesday, says the Presidency.

Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has announced the new Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) interim board to oversee the agency until a new board is appointed.

Pretoria - An Emergency Medical Services (EMS) employee was shot dead during an armed robbery incident at the Odi EMS base, Tshwane District in Pretoria on Saturday, says Gauteng Department of Health.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma is expected to visit uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday, as part of government's intensified campaign against crime.

Pretoria – The Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, has encouraged aspiring entrepreneurs to research opportunities that are available in the market before starting a business.

Pretoria - The Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters has condemned the illegal blocking of some sections of the R24 by metered taxi drivers on Friday.

Pretoria - Three people, including the biological mother of baby Siwaphiwe Mbambo, have been arrested by the police after the one-month-old was rescued unharmed during a roadblock in Marianhill in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Pretoria – The South African media are invited to submit their entries for the 2017 SADC Media Awards Competition.