South Africa

Vryburg - The story of Mme Ruth is too large to be ignored, says Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete.

Pretoria - Government must find creative ways to recapitalise state-owned companies with failure to do this resulting in utilities being unable to live off their balance sheets, says Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.

Pretoria - South Africa will join the international community next Monday to host the second Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace at Freedom Park, Pretoria.

Pretoria - Eskom has announced that it will implement planned power outages from 8am until 10pm on Friday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has returned to South Africa after wrapping up his two-day state visit to Mozambique.

Pretoria - The repo rate is to remain unchanged at 5.75% per annum, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday.

Cape Town – Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele says the process to corporatise Post Bank is at an advanced state.

Johannesburg – Government is serious about delivering on the commitments it made in the National Development Plan (NDP) regarding eliminating poverty and reducing inequality in South Africa by 2030.

Pretoria – The Department of Labour is celebrating this year’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Day in Towomba Research Station just outside Bela-Bela, in Limpopo.

Pretoria - The South African Police Services (SAPS) will in the coming weeks commence with a process of re-enlisting former police officers.

Pretoria – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has launched a manhunt for a man who is suspected of killing a police constable in Mpumalanga.

Cape Town – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says the department will over the medium term invest heavily in research and infrastructure.

Pretoria – One of the seven inmates who escaped from the Groenpunt Maximum Correctional Facility in Vereeniging in the early hours of this morning have been rearrested.

Cape Town – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says her department is working on completing a comprehensive water plan for South Africa with the aim of managing the country’s scarce resource.

Pretoria – The Constitutional Court of South Africa has dismissed an application for leave to appeal by trade union Solidarity regarding a disputed agreement with Eskom which dates back 17 years.