South Africa

Pretoria - Teams from the Department of Environmental Affairs and eThekwini Municipality are working around the clock to contain an oil spill from the African Sun oil factory in Durban.

Pretoria - The Presidency and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have dismissed reports that alleged family members of President Jacob Zuma made use of a military helicopter for personal travel between Durban and Nkandla.

Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma will on Monday undertake a two-day State Visit to Algeria at the invitation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Presidency announced on Sunday.

Johannesburg- Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela has called on the youth of South Africa to push the boundaries and claim their future by starting to "re-imagining" yo

Hundreds of officials have been suspended, while many others were dismissed following a string of social grants fraud and corruption investigations since 2010, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said on Sunday.

Johannesburg- A National Consultative Conference to discuss the draft National Youth Policy 2015-2020 (NYP2020) got underway in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Pretoria - The presidential and national congress elections in Nigeria have been extended to late Sunday due to card reader glitches in many parts of the West African cou

Pretoria- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will next week visit Lesotho for the closure of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) offices, the Presidency said on Sunday.

Pretoria- A state funeral for Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew began on Sunday with thousands of Singaporeans gathering along the street in heavy rain to bid farewell

Pretoria- The Department of Energy has attributed this week’s petrol  price increase to higher international prices for oil and the weakening of the rand against the US dollar

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is expected to attend the 16th Cape Town International Jazz Festival this evening, where performances will include Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Sipho “hostix” Mabuse, among others.

Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation and Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) have jointly scooped the 'Water for Life' UN-Water Best Practices Award.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says Eskom has since the dawn of democracy had to meet a demand for electricity which had not been met under Apartheid, and that naturally led to an extraordinary pressure on the national grid.

Pretoria - Two officials working at the Maponya Mall Driver Licensing Testing Centre in Soweto were arrested on Friday morning for alleged irregular processing of professional driver permits.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says the independent commission of inquiry into Eskom should get to the root cause of the problems facing the power utility.