South Africa

Mbombela - Young people in Mpumalanga have a new avenue where they can get help with bursaries, learnerships and internships.

Pretoria – The Mpumalanga provincial government will dispatch a team to beef up the administration at the Thaba Chweu Municipality, which is experiencing serious problems.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has signed the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill into law which provides for the collection of tolls on Gauteng’s roads, among other things.

Pretoria - South Africa on Wednesday reiterated its call for the international community to increase its support for developing nations.

Rapotokwane – The visit by Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi, his deputy Jeremy Cronin and Limpopo MEC for Public Works Dickson Masemola, along with senior government officials, to Rapotokwane village in Limpopo, has brought hope to the locals.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will officially open the first ever Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Summit next week.

Pretoria – After a robust interviewing and selection process, acting President Kgalema Motlanthe has appointed the new SABC Board.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has urged all South Africans to take Older Persons Week seriously and mark it with dignity and respect for older persons.

Pretoria – Traffic officials are planning to roll-out a road safety intervention that is aimed at reducing carnage on the roads.

Pretoria - Over 700 000 people are receiving antiretroviral (ARVs) treatment as the Gauteng Department of Health continues its fight against the scourge of HIV and Aids.

Pretoria – The community of Mamre in the Western Cape has received the title deeds of 4 200 hectares of farm land which was taken away under apartheid legislation over 20 years ago.

Pretoria - About 180 youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in North West have been awarded bursaries to study medicine in Cuba this year.

South Africa is a hive of building activity and it is about to get even busier. Key infrastructure projects will be rolled out over the next seven months in water, transport, energy and education.

Since 1994 government has implemented a range of social services to address the country’s triple challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. These services, especially social grants, have had an extremely positive impact on improving the living standard of numerous households.

Nairobi - The death toll from the terrorist attack in the besieged Westgate shopping mall is set to rise after some bodies were still trapped inside the mall.