South Africa

Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has allocated R12.060 billion to spend on various infrastructure projects in the province during 2015/16 financial year.

Pretoria - The Group of 77 and China have called for renewed efforts to tackle the problems that persist since the 1995 adoption of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Pretoria - The main celebration for the Human Rights Month programme will take place in the Eastern Cape on 21 March.

Pretoria – The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature will this Saturday host 35 learners from all districts in the province and two metro municipalities to debate the State of the Province Address (SOPA) delivered by Premier Phumulo Masualle recently.

Pretoria – The Department of Environmental Affairs has reminded interested parties, who want to make inputs to the Committee of Inquiry investigating the feasibility of rhino horn trade, that the deadline is 13 March.

Pretoria - The Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Jeff Radebe, has called for nominations of individuals to serve on the National Planning Commission.

Cape Town – Cabinet’s decision to include a control system in set top boxes (STBs) in the implementation of digital migration will not control how broadcasters manage their content, the Department of Communications said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Public Works Deputy Minister Jeremy Cronin has joined South Africans in sending condolences to the family of pilot Willem Hendrik “Bees” Marais, who died in a helicopter crash while dousing fires at Cape Point Nature Reserve.

This past Sunday we celebrated the International Women’s Day (IWD), which this year happened to take place at the same time as our country marked the 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter.

Pretoria - South Africa’s power system will remain extremely constrained for this week with an extra load or fault leading to load-shedding, said Eskom.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has extended the closing date for the third annual South African Premier Business Awards.

Maseru - Lesotho's King Letsie III has summoned the newly elected Parliament to a special meeting on Tuesday which will signal the start of processes to install the new government following the country's elections held on 28 February.

Pretoria - The woman arrested following the death of rap artist Nkululeko Habedi is expected to appear in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court this morning.

Pretoria - The Port of Ngqura has managed to create over 800 permanent jobs in the Eastern Cape, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Monday.

Johannesburg – The Department of Higher Education and Training is putting paid to the phrase ‘it’s never too early to think about the future’ by increasing the distribution of career booklets in high schools.