South Africa

Pretoria – The Reserve Bank on Thursday kept South Africa’s repo rate unchanged at 7 percent per annum.

Tshimbupfe - The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) established to oversee the return to normality in Vuwani and surrounding areas and traditional leaders of volatile Tshimbupfe Central have unanimously agreed to reopen all schools in the area.

Pretoria – The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation on Thursday delivered a presentation to the Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA).

Alice – The business community of the small town of Alice, in the Eastern Cape, is throwing its weight behind this weekend’s centenary celebration of the University of Fort Hare, an institution that has been part of the town for the past 100 years.

Ha-Nesengani - Teaching and learning are in full swing at all public schools at Ha-Nesengani village, outside Vuwani, in Limpopo.

Alice - A group of students calling themselves "Defenders of Fort Hare University" emerged on Thursday at the Alice campus of the university and has vowed to protect the institution's reputation and infrastructure on the eve of the much-anticipated centenary celebrations taking place there on Friday.

Pretoria – The South African Post Office (Sapo) now offers a service where organisations and individuals can use an electronic registered mail to send important and sensitive documents.

Pretoria –The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is busy preparing a councillor training programme and updating the Councillor Induction Manual to focus attention on the Back to Basics programme.

The announcement by the South African Broadcasting Corporation to play 90% local music has sparked a very interesting debate. Like many other issues in the country, the announcement provoked a diversity of views. The debates varied from whether SA has enough local music, to whether we are capable of competing on the international stage.

Pretoria – Government has in a statement on Thursday assured the nation that the Fort Hare Centenary celebrations will continue as planned on Friday, at Fort Hare’s Alice campus.

Germiston – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has launched the long-awaited acid mine drainage (AMD) long-term solution that promises to improve the water supply to the nation’s economic hub.

Pretoria - The Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) says residents in Vuwani and surrounding areas want children to return to school.

Pretoria - A total of 20 taxi drivers have been arrested for driving without a public driver’s permit in Gauteng, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).

Ha-Nesengani - Learners from all schools in the jurisdiction of Ha-Nesengani, outside Vuwani, will return to their respective schools on Thursday.

East London – Government is to go all out to mark the centenary celebrations of the University of Fort Hare this coming Friday, with high-level speeches expected from leaders such as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob Zuma.