South Africa

Pretoria – South Africa and Zimbabwe have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen cooperation across numerous fields, particularly trade, investment and finance.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will be the keynote speaker at the year-end function of the University of Venda’s students’ voluntary body, the Amplifying Community Voices Students Association (ACVOSA), on Saturday, November 5.

Cape Town – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha says despite withdrawing from the Roman Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa remains committed to upholding human rights.

Pretoria - The Burn Treatment Centre at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital today commemorates its 25th anniversary, which is observed provincially, nationally and continentally.

Cape Town – Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Gugile Nkwinti says government will deal harshly with those found to be involved in corrupt practices across various land reform programmes.

Pretoria – The South African Police Services (SAPS) has urged protesters to work with the police in ensuring that marches are peaceful.

Pretoria - Eskom is now delivering excess electricity, having almost 15 months of no load shedding, the power utility said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Cabinet has sent condolences to the family of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) student leader Lesego Benjamin Phehla, who died after an accident in Soshanguve.

Pretoria – A technical task team has been established to monitor the implementation of water restrictions as the country tries to mitigate the effects of the drought.

Pretoria - The Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) will be published for public discussion, Cabinet said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on all South Africans to advance the rights and quality of life of people with disabilities.

Pretoria – Progress has been made by the Ministerial Task Team appointed by Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande to develop a support and funding model for poor and “missing middle” students.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to withdraw fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Pretoria- Cabinet has taken collective decisions to pursue the central policy objective of strengthening State Owned Companies (SOCs) to enable them to meet their developmental objectives.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has established an Inter-Ministerial Committee to prepare for the celebration of the centenary of Oliver Reginald Tambo next year.