South Africa

Pretoria - Trade and Industry (dti) Minister Rob Davies has launched Unilever’s multi-billion rand factory in Boksburg.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries kicked off this year’s Youth Month celebrations by planting a food garden.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube has expressed deep shock and condemnation at the brutal murder of Nquthu local municipality speaker Councillor Vusi Ntombela.

Pretoria - Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu says she is confident that the department will succeed in bringing down surgical backlogs and waiting times in Gauteng hospitals.

Raising a child is one of the most important jobs. This role demands physical care, provision of safety and most importantly, unconditional love. It is often assumed these attributes come naturally to humans.

Pretoria - The South Africa Football Association (Safa) is currently seeking legal action against the Sunday Independent following the publishing of what it says is a “not only misleading, but false and defamatory” article, last Sunday.

Pretoria - South Africa will from Sunday host the 25th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) that will end on 15 June in Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Pretoria - Government is observing the test licences given to broadcasters to see if they will broadcast using Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) or Digital Radio Mundial (DRM), says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria – Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau has launched the Vulindlel’ eJozi Programme, an innovative youth employment accelerator aimed at providing opportunities for at least 200 000 youth in the City by 2016.

Pretoria - A total of 1 501 police officers have been attacked in the 2014/2015 financial year, police said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says contractors in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality will receive training to make sure that they graduate from being small to established contractors.

Since time immemorial humankind has had a special relationship with water. Its life-giving essence has been the foundation for all development. Great civilizations have been built around water and in the future wars may well be fought over it.

Pretoria - There is currently no planned load shedding today as power parastatal Eskom has enough generating capacity to meet electricity demand.

Bujumbura - A summit of East African leaders over the Burundi crisis has urged a postponement of the country's elections, with the opposition "disappointed" as the issue of whether President Pierre Nkurunziza should run for a third term was not discussed.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed six judges to some of the superior courts of South Africa.