South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education hopes the first Annual Teachers Indaba, kicking off this morning, will help improve the morale of teachers.

Cape Town – Environmental Affairs Minister Ednah Molewa says 749 rhino were lost to poachers so far this year.

Thohoyandou - South Africa needs television content that is rich in cultural diversity in preparation from an analogue platform to a digital broadcasting system, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has sent condolences to the families of people who have died in road accidents, in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma does not have a Facebook account, the Presidency said on Saturday.

Pretoria - Police are hard at work trying to establish the destination and the intended recipient of the 143kg of cocaine found at OR Tambo International Airport.

Pretoria - South Africa has sent its condolences to the neighbouring Kingdom of Swaziland following a road accident which claimed the lives of many young women.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has joined South Africans in mourning the death of veteran small screen actor, Roland Mqwebu, popularly known as Mkhize in the sitcom Emzini Wezinsizwa.

Pretoria – The new kid on the block, the Africa Independent, is expected to change the Africa narrative and tell the world about a rising Africa.

Pretoria – The Presidency has described a media report claiming that President Jacob Zuma apologised to former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona as incorrect and misleading.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana on Friday urged hundreds of high school learners and youth not in education or training to consider career paths in artisanship, saying it was cool to be an artisan in the 21st century.

Pretoria – Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has encouraged young South Africans to start their own businesses.

Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training says it is disturbed by the recent spate of politically influenced violence at a number of institutions of higher learning in the country.

Port Elizabeth – With South Africa losing more than R7 billion worth of water annually due to leaking taps and pipes, government is embarking on a massive drive to curb the problem.

Pretoria - Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says everything was done by the book for the hiring of a private charted flight for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official trip to Japan at the weekend.