South Africa

Pretoria - An electric fault has led to staff being evacuated at Tuynhuys, the Presidency building in Cape Town.

Pretoria – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor will this evening deliver the opening address at the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) 2014 Annual Conference.

Pretoria – Special Envoy to Sri Lanka and Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has arrived for an official visit to that country where he is expected to engage in a number of bilateral talks.

Pretoria - South Africa and Botswana have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that will see the two countries improve cooperation to stimulate economic growth and advance regional integration.

Pretoria - The National Prosecution Authority (NPA) says initiation schools must abide by the Children's Act when performing circumcision on boys.

Pretoria – Africa’s first Accelerated Mass Spectrometry (AMS) facility lab has been launched at the iThemba Laboratory at the University of Johannesburg.

Johannesburg - Former President Nelson Mandela's widow, Graca Machel, says Madiba’s legacy is about caring for others.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has sent condolences to the families of victims of the Bloemfontein fatal crash.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) says it will comply with new regulations relating to children who travel to and from South Africa.

Pretoria – South Africans have been encouraged to dedicate 67 minutes of their time this Mandela Month to clean their communities.

Pretoria - The reinterment ceremony of the remains of a South African in France affirms South Africa’s commitment to reconciliation, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to begin his working visit to Sri Lanka today.

Pretoria - The Presidency has corrected a media report stating that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) heard through the media of the decision to launch an enquiry into his fitness to hold office.

Pretoria-Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato on Sunday welcomed the arrest of five suspects in connection with the murder of Sergeant Theophilus Xolisa Mlindwa.

Pretoria- Power is expected to be restored to Kempton Park by Monday night, following an explosion at a substation in the area, said the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.