South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says government will continue to improve the country’s public transport system.

Pretoria - Corporate Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Pravin Gordhan says his department over the next few months will intensify the monitoring of municipalities to ensure that they get the support they need to improve their performance.

Pretoria - School Governing Body (SGB) elections have kicked off across Gauteng.

Pretoria – Freedom Park has launched an International Storytelling Festival aimed at bringing together arts and culture practitioners and academics together for knowledge sharing.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube has urged the community of Mtubatuba to support the departmental intervention in the municipality and prepare to elect a new council.

Pretoria - The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has shortlisted 16 candidates to fill vacancies in the various superior courts in the country.

Pretoria - The power system will remain constrained going into the weekend, Eskom says.

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) have recommitted themselves to cooperating in intensifying the fight against bank-related and cash-in-transit crimes.

Pretoria - While South Africa has made major strides in promoting women’s rights, the country still has a long way to go in ensuring that women occupy strategic positions of leadership.

Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is committed to the peace process in Lesotho after the recent parliamentary elections, says Deputy President and SADC Facilitator Cyril Ramaphosa.

Pretoria - Government says it has noted with great concern the allegations of espionage against the Head of the Office of the Public Protector and certain political leaders in the country.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has commended its Expanded Public Works Programme's Working on Fire team that is part of the operation battling to extinguish the devastating fires raging in Cape Town.

Pretoria – A total of R2.4 million has been allocated to the Rhino Protection Programme (RPP), which assists with the care of injured and orphaned rhino as a result of poaching.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, has brokered a peace deal with rival associations to stop taxi violence incidents in Reiger Park, Vosloorus and Boksburg.

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