South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Labour has launched an investigation following the recent collapse of granite slabs at KatzStone Granite and Quartz in Verulam, north of Durban.

Pretoria - With South Africa’s rising inflation, the Reserve Bank says it is necessary to raise interest rates.

Pretoria - Government has welcomed the Limpopo Department of Education’s decision to close the Mpepule Primary School in Lephalale, in Limpopo, says Acting Cabinet Spokesperson Phumla Williams.

Pretoria – The upcoming Career Development Services Stakeholders Conference is expected to bring together stakeholders to share practices and discuss the future of career development services in South Africa.

Ga-Seleka - Acting Communications Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has urged eligible citizens not to miss the second and final voter registration drive for the upcoming Municipal Elections.

Pretoria - Media reports that National Treasury’s Chief Procurement Officer Kenneth Brown is leaving at the end of June are not true, said the National Treasury.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has condemned the call by the defence force union that President Jacob Zuma be removed as Commander-in-Chief of South Africa’s armed forces.

Pretoria - The Electoral Commission of South Africa has postponed all by-elections in the light of continued uncertainty regarding the validity of the voters’ roll where voters’ addresses are not in the possession of the Electoral Commission.

Pretoria - Correctional Services National Commissioner Zach Modise has urged his department’s officials to work towards getting a clean audit.

Ga-Seleka - Acting Communications Minister Mosebenzi Zwane will this morning officially launch the electrification project that has benefited over 700 households in Ga-Seleka village, in Limpopo.

Pretoria - The price of petrol will rise by 88 cents a litre on Wednesday, said the Department of Energy.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has committed all spheres of government to provide extra support to areas hard-hit by drought.

Pretoria - A South African Air Force aircraft transporting Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa developed technical faults shortly after take-off from Kruger National Park Airport in White River forcing the pilot to return the aircraft to the airport.

Cape Town – National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says last week’s Constitutional Court ruling on the remedial actions of the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla will guide Parliament in processing reports of Chapter 9 institutions in the future.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolences on the sad passing of liberation struggle stalwart, former Robben Island prisoner and former President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Clarence Makwetu.