South Africa

Pretoria – The Lephalale Local Municipality will spend R20 million upgrading a road in Ga-Monyeki village in Limpopo.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says government will next year implement various initiatives to prevent and discourage protesters from routinely resorting to arson, vandalism and violence during a protest action.

Pretoria – Safe paraffin stoves have been distributed to households in the Vusimuzi informal settlement in Tembisa as part of the Safer Stoves Campaign, says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Pretoria - South Africans are encouraged to use Reconciliation Month to reach out to one another as the country continues to work together to build a united and prosperous nation.

Pretoria – South Africa and Botswana have officially introduced a pilot project that will make travelling much easier for the cross-border community of Tshidilamolomo.

Pretoria – Two former senior employees of the Red Ants security company appeared briefly before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday where they are facing 102 charges of fraud and theft involving about R8 million.

Pretoria - Judgment is expected to be handed down this morning in the murder case of musician Nkululeko "Flabba" Habedi.

Pretoria - Ernst and Young forensics has tabled a report on the South African Airways (SAA) procurement investigation.

Pretoria - A woman who was one of the five international members of South Africa’s 16- member Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) that organised the first democratic elections in 1994 was honoured for her work on Tuesday.

Cape Town - A young woman from a Khayelitsha in Cape Town battled to contain her tears when she spoke about her abusive mother during an interaction with Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan as part of government’s 16 Days of Activism for no violence against Women and Children campaign.

Pretoria – To keep up in an ever evolving world, Africa cannot afford to lag in investing in science.

Pretoria - Government lawyers have been instructed to invite the legal representatives of all the claimants arising from the tragic incidents of August 2012 in Marikana.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has dispatched its disaster management teams to respond and assess the extent of damage caused by the severe storm in Uthukela and Umzinyathi Districts.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation, Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha, has congratulated Ladysmith Black Mambazo on their 2016 Grammy Award nomination.

Cape Town – Deputy Minister of Transport, Sindisiwe Chikunga, says she is happy with the progress made in the implementation of Operation Phakisa in the oceans economy.