South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has clarified insinuations that there are schools which have not received textbooks.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health has invited young people under the age of 25 years with a matric exemption or bachelor pass in the province to apply for a scholarship to study medicine in Cuba.

Pretoria - Although South Africa supports the International Criminal Court (ICC), the continent should have its own court, with discussions on the court due to be held in September, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday.

Kuala Lumpur - Fresh objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean has renewed hopes for families of those aboard the missing Malaysian flight MH370, but uncertainty still surrounds even three weeks after its disappearance.

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) stands ready to assist in democratic South Africa’s fifth elections.

Pretoria - The management of Piotrans Bus Operating Company are locked in a meeting with trade union leaders, representing their striking Rea Vaya bus drivers, to end the strike as a matter of urgency.

Pretoria - Almost 10 000 of South Africa’s inmates have been trained as electricians, plumbers and builders, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) said on Sunday.

Pretoria- A Limpopo man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of raping a five-year old girl.

Pretoria - Five suspected rhino poachers are to appear before the Phalaborwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Limpopo police said on Sunday.

Pretoria - The City of Cape Town has concluded a process to prepare documentation for the appointment of a new contractor to complete outstanding work on the MyCiti Bus Rapid Transit System.

Pretoria- North West Premier Thandi Modise has on Saturday appealed to men to get screened and tested for breast cancer.

Pretoria - The Bakubung Platinum Mine in Ledig outside Rustenburg is expected to create 3135 jobs at full production, the second Annual North West BRICS Expo heard on Friday.

Pretoria - New members of the Commission for Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) will be inaugurated on Tuesday.

Pretoria - South Africans saved a total 575 MW of electricity - enough electricity to power a city the size of Polokwane in Limpopo - during Earth Hour on Saturday, says Eskom.

Pretoria - Progress is being made in dealing with the shortage of artisans in the country, says the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) of South Africa.