South Africa

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) wants to focus on growing its African network while also improving inter-connectivity on the continent.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Llewellyn Landers are in Sharm el-Shaik, Egypt, to attend the 3rd Tripartite Summit.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is to lead a delegation of 23 business people from the built environment, electro-technical, mining and capital equipment, railways and steel fabrication and steel tubing sectors on an outward trade and investment mission (OTIM) to Mozambique.

Pretoria - There is a need for South Africa to produce more Marine, Forestry and Fisheries’ scientists, says Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana.

Pretoria – Eskom says it has adequate generating capacity to meet the demand in electricity and therefore no load shedding is taking place at the moment.

Pretoria - The poultry deal struck between South Africa and the US will enable South Africa to be fully included in the benefits of the African Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA), the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has said.

Pretoria – South Africa and China have signed a Plan of Action on areas of cooperation in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), in Cape Town.

Pretoria - As the country commemorates Youth Month, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, has encouraged learners to apply early for post-school institutions.

Pretoria - Former paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will not be a completely free man from August 21, according to the Department of Correctional Services.

Pretoria - Youth development, economic participation, transformation and education are set to come under the spotlight when President Jacob Zuma convenes the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Youth Working Group this morning.

Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole in August this year.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation will this weekend conduct a 10-day planned maintenance outage of the Heyshope system, which will interrupt the normal water supply to the communities in Mkhondo Local Municipality.

Pretoria – South Africa’s oceans have the potential to unlock the country’s economic development opportunities, said Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thomson.

Pretoria – Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC Jacob Mamabolo has welcomed the release of the Auditor-General’s forensic report on the allegations of maladministration and corruption in the Westonaria Local Municipality (WLM).

Pretoria – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality calls for innovative and decisive ways to address them.