South Africa

Pretoria - The United States and Cuba have agreed to formally re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned from his visit to Lesotho after being dispatched there by Chairperson of the SADC Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the electronic manufacturing sector must gear up to take advantage of the opportunities that will come from the digital migration process.

Cape Town – Simon Filander, who lives in a plank house in Morning Star in Cape Town, was at a loss for words when Human Settlements Deputy Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks – accompanied by a large group of offenders from nearby prisons - walked into his yard on Wednesday to start renovating is family house.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Social Development, Weziwe Thusi, has called on South Africa’s younger population to play a greater role in protecting the elderly from abuse.

Pretoria – South Africa has the policy space to prefer local manufacturers in the purchasing of goods and services from local companies, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Pretoria - As the tax season officially got off the ground on Wednesday, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) had already received more than 17 000 tax returns via branches and mobile units across the country by 8am.

Pretoria - Government has commended the youth for participating in various outreach activities and dialogues during Youth Month.

Pretoria - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will on Thursday lead the commemoration of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by holding an awareness campaign against the use of tik in Eersterust, near Pretoria.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela says today's youth activism is directed towards successfully tackling the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment.

Pretoria - Officials from the North West Department of Local Government and Human Settlements have moved into Madibeng Local Municipality to conduct an audit list of the beneficiaries of low cost houses.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Deputy Minister Andries Nel says he is inspired by the youth of South Africa who are building a better future each day.

Pretoria – National Treasury has announced that government has sold its stake in Vodacom to the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) to raise funds for a R23 billion allocation to Eskom.

Pretoria - Provisional results for Monday's legislative and communal elections in Burundi will be available in four days.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as Southern African Development Community (SADC) Facilitator on Lesotho, has started an urgent mission to the Kingdom to help defuse security tension there.