South Africa

Pretoria - Women in rural areas have been called on to form cooperatives so they can seize the many opportunities offered by government.

Pretoria – The Portfolio Committee on Transport has welcomed the unqualified audits for all entities administered by the department.

Pretoria - The task ahead for the recently appointed National Planning Commission is not an easy one, but the combination of skills, expertise and experience that each member of the commission brings will undoubtedly make the task manageable.

Pretoria - Newly appointed Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson Glenton Vuma Mashinini says he is ready to execute his duties at the electoral commission, as it readies itself for the 2016 municipal elections.

Pretoria – Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande says the department is in the process of modelling various possible funding methods for universities.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Pravin Gordhan has commended the City of Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau and his team for the quick response to the collapsed bridge incident in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Pretoria - Freedom Park is collaborating with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, based in Pretoria, in hosting an exhibition entitled “Signs of Solida”, meaning signs of solidarity.

Pretoria – Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development Lebogang Maile has expressed concern at the high levels of hunger as well as an overly concentrated and expensive food system.

Pretoria - Water shortages will be a thing of the past for the communities of Colesberg in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says university fees must be more responsive to the economic and social needs of the country.

Pretoria - Wits vice chancellor Adam Habib is this morning set to meet with students who have been protesting at the university to hear their grievances and find a resolution, the university said.

Pretoria - Bilateral relations between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be further boosted today.

Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) came out glowing at the Department of Labour’s inaugural Employment Equity Awards, aimed at recognising employers who promote equal opportunity, diversity and fair treatment in the workplace.

Pretoria - South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared the first decade of their Bi-National Commission a “resounding success”.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says government’s efforts to restore the dignity of the residents of Langa through the roll-out of integrated human settlements have paid off.